Free agency didn’t deliver the type of headline-grabbing splash Bears fans have grown accustomed to in recent offseasons. But that doesn’t mean Chicago stood still.

Instead, General Manager Ryan Poles and the Bears front office took a quieter approach, one that focused on improving team speed, maintaining flexibility, and continuing to build around a young offensive core. The roster still isn’t finished (and probably won’t be until after the draft), but there are already some clear themes emerging from Chicago’s offseason strategy.

“We want to sustain success,” Poles said last week during his media availability at Halas Hall. “We talk about that a lot. In order to do that, we have to be very calculated with the moves we make.”

Here are a few things that stood out as the first wave of free agency settled.

Bears Bits: Speed, Remaining Needs, and Why the Real Work Starts Now

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