Pace Stands Firm, the Cost Of Missing Out On Wentz, Lawrence as QB3, and Other Bears Bullets
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• Carson Wentz will be a Colt. And it turns out the Bears never even made an offer. What a wild ride this has been.
The Bears Never Even Made an Offer for Carson Wentzhttps://t.co/YgCyJZVBIa
• On one the hand, I’m glad the Bears didn’t overpay to roll the dice on the Wentz reclamation project. The ceiling is high, to be sure. But he was more likely to reach that with the Colts. But on the other hand, another high-upside quarterback is off the board with Wentz going to Indy.
A Bears defense that still finished in the top-10 of Football Outsiders’ DVOA rankings despite some notable regression figures to get a key cog back in the mix in 2021.
To be clear, Defensive Coordinator Sean Desai can’t confirm Eddie Goldman’s plans to play in 2021 right now. But Desai offered this in his introductory press conference:
Bears DC Sean Desai asked if Eddie Goldman will return next season: “Our expectation is that he will want to play.”
Again, it’s not in ink. And if 2020 taught us anything, it’s that pencils come with erasers because nothing is ever a given. But that Desai shared his belief (and expectation) that Goldman wants to return in 2021 makes me feel better about those chances.