Bears linebacker Roquan Smith’s holdout is the worst kind of contract impasse: It’s boring.
Oh, for the days when holdouts were acrimonious and antagonistic, with the player sitting at home while his teammates sweat on the practice field in training camp, the agent and general manager trading threats, the player demanding to be traded, fines piling up and the coach trying to straddle the line between supporting his player and being loyal to the organization while masking his irritation at the two sides making his job that much more difficult.
