Matt Nagy/Jerry Manuel

Bears’ general manager Ryan Pace is Kenny Williams come to football. Just like the former White Sox GM did, Pace makes a series of moves in the offseason, mixes the new players in with the holdovers and hopes for the best. Sometimes, it works, most of the time it doesn’t. This looks to be one of the seasons it will. Think White Sox, 2000. In which case, Pace’s head coach is the White Sox manager from twenty years ago. Matt Nagy, meet Jerry Manuel. Bears’ fans, prepare for disappointment. Manuel got his team into the postseason that year, only to be swept by the Mariners. If Manuel couldn’t win with Paul Konerko, Carlos Lee, Maglio Ordonez, Frank Thomas and Jose Valentin, you think Nagy is going to do better with Nick Foles, Khalil Mack and David Montgomery? I doubt it. I’ll say this for Foles: He gets too much of the blame. Critics need to stop focusing on Foles’ anemic yardage gain per pass and realize those are the plays the head coach calls. Nothing over the middle or deep? Blame Nagy, who appears to be channeling his inner George Halas. Of course, Halas knew a running back when he saw one, and that looks to be a talent lacking in Nagy. How does a team get the ball at the two-minute warning at the end of the first half and not have any timeouts left? Ask Mike Nagy. Why would the team without a running game call a run with two minutes left and no timeouts? Ask Mike Nagy. And how often can a team expect a journeyman kicker to bail it out with a 55-yard field goal to close out the half? Ask Mike Nagy. And, while you’re at it, ask Nagy why he stopped using tight end Cole Kmet after Kmet caught his first career touchdown early in the game and followed that up with another nice catch. Correct me if I’m wrong, but after that Kmet pretty much disappeared. How ’bout it, Coach? Unlike Mitch Trubisky, Foles looks like he can read defenses and find his receivers, at least on occasion. But to win consistently and go deep in the playoffs, look to Jerry Manuel. Either Nagy gets better, or the Bears go splat.