It made sense to dive into this topic early in the season the past couple of years because the Bears were off to poor starts and you knew they were still in the midst of a major rebuilding effort at Halas Hall. They’ve emerged from that long grind and are playing good football now. The draft will be interesting with the Bears not getting involved until Round 3. Speculating what position they will target is premature because you just don’t have any idea what kind of depth will be available when Round 3 rolls around. Right tackle Bobby Massie is in the final year of his contract, so the Bears will have to figure something out at that position. A running back would not surprise me at all. As far as free agency, I wonder if the massive expenditure to sign Khalil Mack to a new contract coming on the heels of the busiest and most expensive free-agency period we have ever see for the Bears will affect the club’s bottom line in 2019 free agency. In other words, did the Bears borrow a little from their 2019 cash budget in order to get Mack done? Getting Mack was a brilliant no-brainer by general manager Ryan Pace, but it’s possible they will be less of a player in free agency come March because of it. I do know the Bears want to rely much less on free agency than they have.