Players consider more than money?
Who would have thunk it?
Bears will still have a hard time attracting top end talent until Trubisky/Nagy establish themselves if ever. Right now, the Bears are complete unknown starting over again. The only thing that Pace can sell right now is potential. Potential isn't gonna lure the top free agents.
The fact that the Bears can't lure the bigger free agents is a godsend though. Did a team that was coming off a 3-13 suckfest really try to land Bouye with a huge contract? Haha, this is why the McCaskeys have no idea how to win and sustain football success. The last thing the Bears needed was a long-term deal with huge guaranteed money in a player that would have been a non-factor on a bad team.
The only thing the McCaskeys are concerned with is going 7-9 or 8-8 to keep the meatballs in the seats thinking that a wild card game is the Super Bowl.
The franchise is cursed unfortunately.