The Chicago Bears fired general manager Ryan Pace after seven seasons, and they’ve wasted no time exploring candidates to replace him.
Chairman George McCaskey, President/CEO Ted Phillips, Hall of Fame executive Bill Polian, VP of Player Engagement Lamar ‘Soup’ Campbell and Senior VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tanesha Wade will conduct the search for Chicago’s next GM, a process which McCaskey promised would be “thorough, diligent and exhausted.”
The Bears have cast a wide net of GM candidates that they’ve extended interviews to, including their own assistant director of player personnel Champ Kelly, who recently interviewed for Chicago’s GM vacancy.
Let’s take a look at what Kelly brings to the table in our Bears GM candidate profile:
