Bears
Bears chairman George McCaskey confirmed that the team did pursue QB Tom Brady before he joined the Bucs.
“Well, that seems like ancient history at this point,” McCaskey said, via ESPN. “I do remember we were interested in pursuing him. It didn’t work out for us. Worked out great for him in Tampa. Anytime you’re in a situation like that you’re not putting all of your eggs in one basket. You’re looking at alternatives. It’s the same in free agency, it’s the same in the draft. If the person you’re targeting isn’t available, you want to make sure that you’ve done your due diligence on all other options. So that was one option that we were looking at.”…