Some Facts To Consider, Not Emotion, Facts..........

Speaking of counting, what are you up to?

The same thing tended to be true of the '80s Bears teams.  Finks and the Vainisi had a lot to do with the players who stocked those teams and after Vainisi was let go in '86 so Mikey could take over as pseudo GM the decline began.

Here is would seem like the problem may have been Lovie having to much influence on the draft while JA was GM and I believe that same issue may also exists now.  That's why I say Pace needs to get it right this time.

The McCaskeys own 80% of the Bears with Ryan and McKenna owning the other 20% but essentially Ginny holds all of the voting power so essentially the team management is a matriarchy.  I think Ginny is a wonderful old gal but at a certain point you have to ask just how much power and authority belongs in the hands of a 92 year old no matter how sharp she may still be mentally.

The other problem as I see and I hope that other would as well is that the Board of Directors is largely made up of the other McCaskey sons including Michael who over the years did as much damage as anyone and Teddy Bears who might just as well be a McCaskey himself.  It's clear that Ryan and McKenna have very little say in matters if a vote is taken and do any of the sons stand up to Mom?

Show me just one football savvy person on that entire Board yet these are the people guiding the franchise and the reason for my oft stated position that they need to hire a top Exec as a Director of Football Operations finally admitting that they don't know enough to get it right themselves and really never have.

That was only true in the first year of his contract and only because Emery converted some salary into a $5 mil bonus so he could sign Jared Allen.  Other than that and only because of that did that happen.  He's never been the highest paid QB in the NFL otherwise.