Bears LT Braxton Jones dubbed breakout candidate in 2023

This is what I am thinking as well.  One or two years of a decent center.  Then in the next offseason cycle, we fill most/all of the deficiencies we see in the roster at that time.  We really won;t know what we need until we get to see all the new players in action for a few games.

I think a lot of the discussion around the Bears has developed into why didn't we fix everything in this draft?  If we had only done X instead of Y or if we would only trade for Z we would be ready to make a deep run in the playoffs.

What impresses me with Poles is he is doing things in a very thoughtful and methodical manner.  To draw a parallel between the current team and what ended up as the great '85 team, I hope we end up something like the '83 Bears season where we went from the bottom to a .500 record, then to around a .600 record in '84 and then to an almost undefeated season.  It took two stellar drafts in a row to get to the '85 roster.