This coming Sunday against the Green Bay Packers feels like that point of no return. Remember the windmill moment from Back To The Future III? Once you pass that, it's the future or bust. That is what this game represents for this Chicago Bears team. They're 5-5 with their season teetering on the brink. A loss would drop them below .500 not just in the NFC standings but also the division (1-2).
Considering the team started 5-1? That isn't a good look for the guys calling the shots. Especially GM Ryan Pace. He's already missed the playoffs in four of the five seasons he has run the team. This would be his fifth. A loss to the Packers doesn't guarantee it, but almost anybody with common sense will know it's over. The Bears just don't have the offense to make a late run. Largely because Pace built it so poorly.
This is why many find it hard to see him returning in 2021. So that leaves the obvious question. If the Bears do move on, who should replace him? Here are the top five names they should be looking at.
Chicago Bears have several options to replace Ryan Pace
#1 - Marvin Allen (Assistant GM, Miami Dolphins)
- Age: 55
- Front office experience: 8 years
- Bears connections: None
- Notable mentors: Bill Parcells and Brett Veach
#2 - Rick Smith (Former GM, Houston Texans)
- Age: 50
- Front office experience: 17 years
- Bears connections: None
- Notable mentors: John Beake and Ted Sundquist
#3 - George Paton (Assistant GM, Minnesota Vikings)
- Age: 50
- Front office experience: 20 years
- Bears connections: Yes
- Notable mentors: Bill Tobin and Rick Spielman
#4 - Will McClay (VP of Player Personnel, Dallas Cowboys)
- Age: 54
- Front office experience: 11 years
- Bears connections: None
- Notable mentors: Tom Coughlin and Bill Parcells
#5 - Louis Riddick (Analyst, ESPN)
- Age: 51
- Front office experience: 8 years
- Bears connections: None
- Notable mentors: Andy Reid and Howie Roseman







