Sources: Ex-Bears GM Pace joins rival Vikings
Key takeaways
- Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace joined the team this week as a football adviser, according to a source.
- Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace joined the Minnesota Vikings this week as a football advisor.
- In addition to Pace, the Vikings this week added Azzaam Kapadia as assistant director of pro scouting.
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Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace joined the team this week as a football adviser, according to a source.
Former Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace joined the Minnesota Vikings this week as a football advisor. Pace also spent four years with the Atlanta Falcons. Robin Alam/Icon SportswirePace, who led the Bears from 2015 to 2021 before spending the past four seasons in the Atlanta Falcons' personnel department, will provide a GM-level sounding board for Teasley, whom the Vikings hired away from the Seattle Seahawks earlier this month.
In addition to Pace, the Vikings this week added Azzaam Kapadia as assistant director of pro scouting. Kapadia spent the past three seasons with the Seahawks and worked as a pro scout in 2025. He is the second member of the Seahawks' front office Teasley has hired since arriving, along with new assistant general manager Trent Kirchner.