Bears Diehard Mailbag: What’s Plan B if Chicago can’t land OL Trey Smith in free agency?

As the Chicago Bears enter a new era under head coach Ben Johnson and as I wrap up my first season on the beat with CHGO, I wanted to take a moment to answer any questions some of our Diehard might have.
My original plan was to get to this mailbag after the regular season ended. However, thanks to an exhaustive coaching search performed by Chicago's front office, the plan changed. If you asked a question in the #bears Discord channel before the team hired Ben Johnson, I'll try my best to answer it with a slightly different, post-hire twist.
I appreciate all of the questions, and if you had one I didn't answer, I probably just missed it. Thanks again for reading (and watching) our content thi...