This will be the last time I’ll reference what the Bears said and didn’t say during their season-ending news conference.
Asked for signs of progress when it comes to winning a championship, chairman George McCaskey mentioned one young player: receiver Darnell Mooney, the Bears’ third of three fifth-round picks from 2020.
“Well, we added some more talented players this year,” McCaskey said. “Darnell Mooney is a good example, a lower-round draft pick that Ryan and Matt found that blossomed this year and became a key part of our offense. We need to keep doing more of that.”
This is where our final takeaways column from the 2020 season begins.
A missed opportunity
I’m fine with the Bears’ decision to stick it out with Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy for at least one more season. It’s not surprising at all. I get it. Continuity does have value and it was an unprecedented season because of the…
