Since the beginning of 2015, Ryan Pace and John Fox have been joined at the hip. It seemed like such a great idea at the time. The young, rookie GM paired with the veteran head coach. Each one should be able to to compliment the other and together pull the Chicago Bears out of a half-decade quagmire of total NFL irrelevance.
Both knew it wasn’t going to be easy. They’d inherited the oldest roster in the NFL. Not to mention one of the most dysfunctional. It was going to take some pretty invasive surgery in order to fix this decaying body. So they set to work, making difficult cuts and trades and setting about building a culture they felt would set a winning precedence.
To their credit the two have never questioned each other, remaining steadfast and loyal. At least based on their own words. That said, after two years it’s starting to look like a separation may be unavoidable. Curious as to why that is? Well there are some obvious reasons, and a few not-so-obvious as well.
