1/4 Season Report Card: Ryan Pace

[Escobar's Army]

If Goldman, Amos, and McPhee continue at this pace, then we added an impact player at all three levels of the D in one offseason. That alone gives him a B. If White comes back healthy and performs at the level he should and Jenkins can also keep playing well, he gets an A in my book. What could Grasu improve on that will allow him to play? I feel like I am missing something. The only thing I could think of is adding weight, and if that is the case, we probably have bigger problems.

 

[PAPABEAR77]

I really don't think that their is a issue with Grasu's ability at center than he has some kind of injury or he probably would have been in the line up last sunday.if he can go next week I think he would start I think this board is speculating and over reaching to something that might not even be a issue with his size or whatever.

 

[WindyCity]

I really don't think that their is a issue with Grasu's ability at center than he has some kind of injury or he probably would have been in the line up last sunday.if he can go next week I think he would start I think this board is speculating and over reaching to something that might not even be a issue with his size or whatever.

Multiple beat guys on the radio have said that they think he is healthy and just not ready.

He even said he is ready to go and confident.

 

[RacerX]

Adrian Amos

I am not saying that Amos is a superstar, but when you draft a player in the 5th round and he comes in and starts every game, plays well, and looks like he is improving every game that is a great pick up. Amos looks like he is going to be an NFL safety and when you get starting level players in the mid rounds that is how you build a team.
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Agree with all, and Amos looks decent, but I've heard this logic once before: Isaiah Frey

 

[Milky]

I don't think Emery was a great GM or even a good GM but he did make some good moves. Slauson, Jeffery, Long, Bushrod,, Bennett, Forte extension, Marshall trade all come to mind. Where he really screwed us was hiring Trestman. Ariana would've brought a stout D with him and probably would've had Jay playing pretty well. Who knows what the personnel would like with Arians? Maybe no Michael Bush probably no Jared Allen etc…

I just mention this because it's not like everything he did was terrible. Angelo was missing in FA with trades (Gaines Adams for a 2nd) and in the draft consistently. He also did Lovie no favors in assembling a staff because he was always a bad season away from being fired.

All that being said I'm more than glad Emery is gone and I do believe Pace has going in the right direction. If white can comes back and plays up to his ability next year then it looks like he hit on 4 out of 6 picks with plenty of room for Grasu and Fabjule to improve. If he consistently hits on 4 picks a year that's pretty good success.


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[Novak]

So overall would you give Pace a B-?

 

[PAPABEAR77]

Multiple beat guys on the radio have said that they think he is healthy and just not ready.

He even said he is ready to go and confident.

you have a link cause I tried searching for his status update and why he didn't dress for Oakland however I just get a bleachereport saying he will be ready and I don't trust them

 

[WindyCity]

Pace has had a very solid start to his tenure. I know the team is not winning, but you see some really positive things from the free agents and some of the draft picks.

Free Agency: A-

I think that this is were you see Pace's pro personnel background. He took a risk on McPhee and it is paying off. He signed a bunch of 1 year guys and a couple of them are playing really well. Added to the fact that most of the free agents have at least lived up to their contract and expectations.

Draft: B

Part of this is incomplete because of Kevin White, but this is the first time in a long time where multiple picks from a draft have come out and looked good and started. At no time, other than Kyle Long, did you look at a pick and go that dude can play. Well Goldman and Amos can play.

 

[WindyCity]

you have a link cause I tried searching for his status update and why he didn't dress for Oakland however I just get a bleachereport saying he will be ready and I don't trust them

Jeff Dickerson on Carmen and Jurko and Waddle and Silvy yesterday.

I believe Zaidman said the same thing on Goff and Spiegel, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

 

[WindyCity]

Agree with all, and Amos looks decent, but I've heard this logic once before: Isaiah Frey

Agreed, we need to see more.

But early returns have been very positive.

 

[PAPABEAR77]

Jeff Dickerson on Carmen and Jurko and Waddle and Silvy yesterday.

I believe Zaidman said the same thing on Goff and Spiegel, but I haven't gotten to it yet.

I heard what Jeff said he has been a healthy scratch ever since the season started. I didn't realize that and can see their is a problem here. the bears have been keeping this under wraps for four weeks and now I am sure we are going to find out why with Montgomery gone for the year

 

[Chicago4Life]

Disagree with long not moving being Pace's fault, when a player is told to change positions that generally happens at the HC level rather than the GM making the call. Pace could be blamed for not giving Fox a RT to work with but again that is collaborating to see what are areas of need. In general the GM gives the you the pieces and its up to the HC to make it work.

The grasu pick is questionable however the bears knew what they were getting...a high football iq guy, light on his feet, a leader on and off the field and a solid technician but lacks power. Montgomery was already signed and so the bears could have already planned to redshirt grasu to get him in the weight room and build up that strength before putting him out there. The guys mentioned like jackson, miller, williams and brown are all guard/tackles who were in power running schemes. jackson in particular is part of belichek's rotate a linemen to lessen the burden program which seems to be working for them.

 

[AHSIllini32]

Drafting Grasu in the 3rd? Trading Brandon Marshall? Trading for a tight end that we really don't need? RT fiasco? Claussen.

How is drafting Grasu in te 3rd questionable? If anything it's incomplete.

 

[AHSIllini32]

I think the biggest plus for pace so far has been his coachin staff. Would a lot of these players be AS successful with other coaches? Maybe, maybe not. That's why it's so important to have a GM who can not only hire a good staff but find quality players in FA/draft that fit those coaches schemes and who they can coach up. So far, albeit very early, pace has succeeded very well in both.

 

[dreadpirateroberts]

If Goldman, Amos, and McPhee continue at this pace, then we added an impact player at all three levels of the D in one offseason. That alone gives him a B. If White comes back healthy and performs at the level he should and Jenkins can also keep playing well, he gets an A in my book. What could Grasu improve on that will allow him to play? I feel like I am missing something. The only thing I could think of is adding weight, and if that is the case, we probably have bigger problems.

Grasu's problem right now is the lack of strength due his weight being at 294. He needs to get to 305 by adding muscle.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Trading Marshall was not about production off the field but with changing the mentality in the locker room.

I understand that. I am guessing he must have been doing some psycho shit in the locker room. I'm filing that under Windy's 'unknown'.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Grasu's problem right now is the lack of strength due his weight being at 294. He needs to get to 305 by adding muscle.

You realize adding 10 lbs of muscle would likely take around 2 years right?

 

[Bearly]

I don't think Emery was a great GM or even a good GM but he did make some good moves. Slauson, Jeffery, Long, Bushrod,, Bennett, Forte extension, Marshall trade all come to mind. Where he really screwed us was hiring Trestman. Ariana would've brought a stout D with him and probably would've had Jay playing pretty well. Who knows what the personnel would like with Arians? Maybe no Michael Bush probably no Jared Allen etc…

I just mention this because it's not like everything he did was terrible. Angelo was missing in FA with trades (Gaines Adams for a 2nd) and in the draft consistently. He also did Lovie no favors in assembling a staff because he was always a bad season away from being fired.

All that being said I'm more than glad Emery is gone and I do believe Pace has going in the right direction. If white can comes back and plays up to his ability next year then it looks like he hit on 4 out of 6 picks with plenty of room for Grasu and Fabjule to improve. If he consistently hits on 4 picks a year that's pretty good success.


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All true except the for Lovie's staff. Lovie had control of the staff since the SB.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

How is drafting Grasu in te 3rd questionable? If anything it's incomplete.

Possibly. I'm of the thinking that you draft a guy that high he needs to be ready to go. Obviously he's not as he was owned in the preseason and has been inactive for every game.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Emery wasn't a good GM but he was very transparent compared to 10 years of him-hawing Jerry Angelo. I think that won over a lot of the fan base almost immediately.. and then you realized he had no idea what he was doing.