Everybody viewed Mahomes as the QB with the highest ceiling. It was just thought he would need good coaching...which obviously eliminates the Bears.
Of course you can put the White pick on Pace. In fact, Bears didn't have 1 starter on the team this year from his first draft. Another top 10 pick miss the following year. Again, no players drafted that year remain on the team today. Then the '17 draft and Trubisky trade up fail. 2 good 4th rounders but 1 not very much impactful. Eddie had a big season but currently can be viewed as not much more than average. '18 draft, Roquan the top pick there and a good one but nothing else but average or below picks here. ILB always seemed to be that 1 position that comes easy to the Bears. LMAO. Just Montgomery in '19 draft. and a couple of players with potential this past draft, Kmet necessitated by the Pace super reach for Shaheen in '17.
How anybody gets Pace has been really good at drafting through all that, IDK.