4. Mortgaging the future
The last sentence of the last slide bleeds right into this. Pace has a chance to draft a quarterback this year, which could be a long-term commitment. He also has the chance to pass out contracts, like he did with Jimmy Graham, Danny Trevathan, and Robert Quinn. Those were all veterans over the hill, but signed in an all-in attempt. Graham has to be cut because his cap hit is large, and Trevathan and Quinn are stuck on bad deals.
Ryan Pace was desperate and in win-now mode and overpaid veterans that hurt their cap space moving forward. Considering he is going to be tasked with a win-now mandate again, he is going to sell out future cap space for aging veterans again.
Beyond that, Ryan Pace cannot go a draft without trading a future pick. This past year he gave up future assets for Trevis Gipson, who was not even active behind James Vaughters.
Again, he does not care about the 2022 or 2023 Chicago Bears if 2021 does not go his way. He is going to give up more draft picks to move up. He is going to cost his team more depth if he does.