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The Bears have issues. And they have plenty of holes. But with the help of ESPN's insiders, there is a path to some serious fixes.

The NFL Draft is more than two months away, but there is already one prospect catching our eye as an obvious Bears fit.

In the regular season, only two teams allowed more sacks than the Bengals’ 55. One of them is the Bears, who gave up a league-high 58. Rookie quarterback Justin Fields was sacked on 11.8 percent of his dropbacks.

The start to the draft season is all-star week and the Senior Bowl, so BearDigest begins its mock season in a year when the Chicago Bears lack a first-round pick due to the trade to acquire Justin Fields last year.

Following last years failures, the Chicago Bears will be looking closely at linemen at the Senior Bowl game after an impressive week of practice for some players.

The Bears figure to make plenty of changes along their offensive line, with the hiring of a new position coach getting the ball rolling.

The Bears pass protection was bad in the season finale, but it was the QB that had a hand in most of the sacks allowed in Minnesota.

There are popular thoughts and technical aspects regarding the failure of the Chicago Bears offense under coach Matt Nagy and it might take a little of both to explain why none of this worked in Chicago during his four years.

The Giants face the Chicago Bears this weekend for the fourth season in a row and with the goal of getting a win to help improve the Bears first round draft pick that belongs to the Giants.

The Bears’ defense has remained effective despite not having Khalil Mack for most of the season due to a foot injury.