And Now for Something Completely Different

The world, or that part of it that has anything to do with the Chicago Bears, holds its collective breath in anticipation of what GM Ryan Pace will do during the NFL draft today to address the team’s quarterback situation, a disaster of Pace’s own persistent making. I was watching the news on Tuesday when the sportscaster opened by saying the Bears are the one local team to unite all Chicagoans. Sorry, pal, no way. The Bears’ decade-to-decade ineptitude on so many fronts disqualifies them for that honor. To the victor goes the glory, or should. Here's an idea: How about for once the media all but ignore what the Bears do on draft day? Bury news of their first-round pick behind the soccer scores or minor-league hockey. That would tick off the McCaskeys, I’ll bet. They might even get mad enough to fire Pace for denying them the free publicity they thrive on and so thoroughly don’t deserve I mean, it couldn’t hurt.