Grading the Chicago Bears’ Free-Agency Moves So Far
Published by Matt Eurich on March 16, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears made their biggest splash of the offseason when they signed outside linebacker Pernell McPhee to a five-year deal last Wednesday.
In addition to signing their new pass-rusher, the Bears also signed veteran wide receiver Eddie Royal, two-time All-Pro safety Antrel Rolle and guard Vladimir Ducasse.
Royal said he was drawn to Chicago after meeting with new general manager Ryan Pace.
“It was good to meet everybody else and just get a feel for the organization,” Royal said in a phone interview Saturday, via Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun-Times. “And the GM, Ryan Pace, is just amazing. His vision for the team and everything he has envisioned for the organization was exactly what I thought [about] a direction a team needed to be going in. It felt right.”
Royal was not the only one who came away impressed with Pace and the team’s coaching staff. Rolle said on the Mully and Hanley Show on 670 The Score, via Dan Durkin of CBSChicago.com:
Once I met the general manager Ryan Pace, [John Fox], Vic Fangio, man, I knew off the bat, this was the place where I needed to be. More importantly, this was the place I knew needed my play-making ability, needed my leadership — more importantly, needed someone who was going to war each and every single game no matter what the outcome shows.
Pace wasted little time addressing some of the team’s biggest needs, but how did he do?
Just ahead, we graded each of the team’s free-agent moves based on their age, prior performance and how they will fit with the team.
