Secondary
Let’s get one thing straight: The secondary SUCKED last year. Plain and simple. It was not a professional unit whatsoever. If there was one area of the roster that needed a complete and utter revamp this offseason, this was it.
Pace went into free agency looking to add one of the top three cornerbacks on the market. But he made it clear when striking out on all three that Chicago was simply unwilling to overpay. It was either the Bears’ price or no price. And I respect the hell out of them for it. After all, it was Pace who said “You can recover from the player you didn’t sign, but you can’t recover from the player you signed at the wrong price”. Truer words have never been spoken.
Never fear, though. They did get a boost by adding S Quintin Demps, CB Prince Amukamara and CB Marcus Cooper. All of them are already better than what Chicago employed in the secondary last season. And they surely aren’t finished tinkering here.
In what is expected to be a loaded upcoming draft at both cornerback and safety, expect the Bears to invest multiple picks to add competition for both positions. One thing is for sure: This unit is going to be so much better and deeper than last year’s unit. And that’s already pretty damn exciting.
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