Mitchell Trubisky gets a lot of help from the Bears bill in 2019

LAKE FOREST – He will probably not be sorry that his career with the Bears in the NFL draft can be defined by a single trade and a choice in 2017.

When you do this to get a potential franchise quarter and you have the "conviction" as he said, it's not difficult for Ryan Pace to define himself by his decision to get Mitchell Trubisky with the second choice in all two years ago.

Since then, a key element in the construction of the team by the General Manager has been to place weapons around Trubisky to help him succeed. This was certainly the case in free agencies in 2018, when Allen Robinson, Trey Burton, Taylor Gabriel and others were added to strengthen the reception capabilities of the team.

The NFL draft in 2019 was another opportunity to add players around Trubisky, and that's exactly what they did. They took two halves and a receiver among their five selections, each bringing his own

"We are always aware of that," said Pace about the more offensive players around the quarter. "The more weapons we can provide to the quarterback and our coaches, the better; and just the confidence of our offensive coaches, their creativity and their ability to maximize all these new players. "

Trubisky will certainly be helped in the backfield as the Bears traded 13 spots against running back David Montgomery at Iowa State. His athletic abilities will further add to the team's attack, which will also be reinforced by the choice of the seventh round, Kerrith Whyte Jr. of Florida Atlantic.

Add them to the backcourt of Tarik Cohen and Mike Davis, and Trubisky will have a number of versatile options for the 2019 season.

One of the best selections could be Georgia Riley Ridley's receiver in the fourth round. Pace said he was surprised that a player as high on his board as Ridley is still available, in 2019, thanks to his 43 assists and nine touchdowns in his final year with the Bulldogs in 2019 .

He met the Bears before the draft and told reporters Saturday that he enjoyed the "family atmosphere" that reigned around Halas Hall. Pace made reference to part of his interview with Ridley at his press conference on Friday, which convinced him to make Ridley the team's second choice.

"Ability to win wins between 50 and 50 feet," said Pace to the question of Ridley's greatest strengths. "When he was here, one of his quotes was" I'm not a guy at 50-50, I win them all. "

True, Trubisky and the offense seem to be the winners of this project as Pace continues to put arms around the franchise quarter that he had made the bold decision to acquire two years ago.