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How did the Chicago Bears get here? How did this team go from a 12-4 roster in 2018 to a club that has become almost similar to the Jets except for a few lucky wins?
Of course, the Bears have good defense. Or, they had good defense. It certainly didn’t look like a playoff-caliber unit in the Week 12 loss to the Packers. And even if it was a flukey performance, there isn’t much the defense can do. Coach Matt Nagy and (insert quarterback here) need to do their part and score points. Otherwise, losses will continue to accumulate.
Here’s the problem: Does anyone trust Nagy’s ability to figure it out? What about all that quarterback stuff? Is there anyone with a basic understanding of football who thinks Nick Foles or Mitch Trubisky can do the job?
Even ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky is shocked (perhaps more dismayed) at what the Bears have been doing on offense in recent weeks. It culminated on Sunday night when Trubisky continued the same mistakes he made since his rookie season. This time it was his mechanic:
Is there a reasonable defense from Trubisky, or even Nagy, for plays like this? If Trubisky still throws the ball like a junior quarterback and Nagy hasn’t been able to fix it in his three years on the job, it’s time for the two to go. We know Trubisky already has a foot in the door, and it increasingly feels like Nagy’s bags are packed too.
The Bears have a shot at succeeding in the Week 13 game against the Lions. But is that what Chicago fans want right now? Do they want a team destined for a 7-9 or 8-8 record that doesn’t have an attacking base to lean on?
That foundation has to come via the NFL Draft and a first-round quarterback. The more the Bears’ insignificant wins accumulate over the last five weeks of the season, the less likely they are to land that quarterback in April. And that will be their biggest loss of all.
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