Even though the light poles in Philadelphia are still slick with hydraulic fluid, the NFL calendar doesn’t relent. We’re just a month away from teams having over $1 billion collectively to spend in free agency. Plenty of bad dollars will be doled out, no doubt. But there will be value in this group.



Each of the league’s final four teams from last season — Philadelphia, New England, Jacksonville and Minnesota — reshaped their rosters in free agency. The onus now falls on the Bears’ pro scouting department to be right with their evaluations and grades.



Bears general manager Ryan Pace has previously referred to navigating free agency as treading in “dangerous water.” He’s also opined that, “You can always recover from the player you didn’t sign. You can’t recover from the player that you signed at the wrong price.” Those are wise words, but free agency hasn’t been overly fruitful for him...