Hub Arkush: 5 things we need to learn Tuesday from Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy

Although Bears coach Matt Nagy regularly is available to the media, easy to talk to and pleasant to deal with, he rarely pulls back the curtain to give us an actual look at what he thinks he still needs to win a Super Bowl.

General manager Ryan Pace also is a pleasure to visit with, but he goes out of his way not to be available. On the rare occasions he does entertain our questions, he does all he can to talk about our questions without actually ever answering them.

I believe that approach to the media – and through us their line of communication to you – is a real mistake. It is a major cause of the overheated dissatisfaction with their and their team’s performance, which actually hasn’t been as awful as a significant segment of their fan base paints it when compared to the NFL’s other 31 teams. But it is their prerogative.

What might tone down all the unhappy rhetoric around these two, each of whom has been voted the very best at what he does in the past three seasons, that now has many calling for their firings?

Both will visit with us Tuesday, I’m sure at least hoping to calm the waters a bit. Here are the five things I’d most like to know about how they hope to compete for those elusive rings next season:

1. Do you believe Allen Robinson is a No. 1 receiver? If not, why not? And if so, why hasn’t he already received a contract extension?

If you do believe he’s a No. 1, do you plan to keep him or try to tag and trade him? And if you are not going to re-sign him, why not? And how do you plan to replace him while still fixing everything else you need to work on?

2. Ryan, in six drafts you have picked a total of seven offensive linemen – none in the first round, two in the second, one in the third, one in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh. With 39 picks, you’ve drafted only two tackles – Tayo Fabuluje in the sixth round and Lachavious Simmons in the seventh round – and the only starter level free agents you’ve signed are journeymen Bobby Massie and Germain Ifedi.

How do you expect to build a competitive offense without committing to your offensive line and specifically the tackle position?

3. Do you want and expect to make a legitimate effort to re-sign Mitch Trubisky?

If not, why not? How and where do you think you went wrong with the huge investment you made to acquire him, and what is your plan to get better at the quarterback position?

4. What’s gone wrong with safety Eddie Jackson, and how do you hope to get him back to the All-Pro level he hasn’t approached since halfway through the 2019 season? And what are your plans for a starter next to him with Tashaun Gipson, Deon Bush and DeAndre Houston-Carson all free agents?

5. What is Ted Phillips actual involvement in football decisions? When do your contracts actually expire? And why has the organization gone out of its way to make those contracts one of the great mysteries of the modern world?