Did Bears find a hidden gem in OLB Charles Snowden?

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I like to believe that Pace and the Bears scouting department, along with Nagy and the coaching staff input, NOW have a great system in place to harvest great talent.  I think it took some time to implement and refine to the level it is now at.  But right now, in 2021, it is one powerful machine harvesting talent.  Stuff like this year doesn't just happen spontaneously.  Sure, we've had some good luck.  But I think a lot of hard work and planning went into us being ready to execute well when opportunities presented themselves. 

I have been extremely critical of Pace and Nagy.  But I think it just took time, and some trial-and-error, before they matured at their jobs.  Now it looks like they have learned a lot and evolved, and are doing some heavy lifting now.  I am so thankful that George McCaskey stuck with these two guys rather than pull the plug on them.  They won't magically be perfect at their jobs now.  They will still make some mistakes.  But I do believe they can be rock solid here.  Keeping them will pay big dividends now I think.  Now we get the ROI (return on investment) after having stuck with them the early years.

LOL, I know this is a long comment on your post.  But I think this "gem" signing is just more evidence of the Bears "player talent system" machine working like a Swiss watch.  Man, I am really pleased.