Nobody knew about this before the lawsuits came out. It pains me but run and shoot is correct, Watson shouldn't have been passed over for Mitch
We will probably find out once the lawsuits play out if that is true or not.
I hesitate to even post this rumor so take this with a very heavy dose of salt. At this point this rumor is about as useful as Hal saying that he had family that knew the the lawyer was a dirt bag. But here it is anyway..
My Brother in law contracts out work all the time in different states etc.. so one of the guys he works with was doing work for someone in the Broncos org. and he said something along the lines to "there are a lot of people in the NFL that where not surprised when the news of the lawsuits came out"
Now this rumor is not worth much at this point because we dont now who said it, it has passed through several people and doesnt even mention the Bears or Pace so again not much to hold out hope that Pace didnt fuck up
Because remember, even if Pace did know about Watson, he still had Mahomes in the building and picked Mitch over him..