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I think the smart move is to try to trade Forte now even if for a 5th round draft pick. I would also heavily explore trading Jeffery in the offseason. Bears need lots of good, young players on rookie contracts if they want a quick turnaround. No reason to be paying top dollar to players on a bad team. Fill the gaps with veterans on 1 year deals for the time being or 2 year deals that are all front loaded with the guaranteed money so they can be cut if need be.
Only way this doesn't turn into a 5 plus year rebuild is for Pace to start accumulating multiple picks in rounds 1-3 over the next 2 to 3 seasons.
If you have a whole team of rookies and leftover veteran slop, you won't even be able to tell who is talented or how to develop it because the mess that will happen out on the field.