3 Changes the Chicago Bears Should Make Coming off the Bye
Published by Bear Heiser on October 30, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
While the majority of the NFL preps for this week’s slate of games, those on the Chicago Bears’ roster are left to contemplate what remains of this very, very disappointing 2014 season.
Chicago’s bye week began Monday, one day after a Bear-sized egg was dropped on the field in Foxborough during a head-scratching loss to the New England Patriots.
Head coach Marc Trestman and general manager Phil Emery met the media Monday morning in an effort to do some sort of state-of-the-season-type press conference.
The two football brainiacs sat up at the podium and told reporters and fans alike that the only way for the Bears to pull through this tough time is by sticking together. Obviously. Much of what we heard from Trestman and Emery was exactly what we’ve come to expect from these two: rhetoric and more rhetoric. The most political of political answers.
Except for this gem from Trestman:
“I think the No. 1 thing we’ve got going for us right now is we’re into the bye … ”
Wait, what? Trestman really couldn’t have said that, could he? Yep, he did. The quarterback whisperer who is one of the more positive, yet guarded coaches in the league slipped up and gave us a bit of honesty.
Trestman told us how it is through the first eight games. The best thing that this team has going for it is the fact that there’s no football game to be played Thursday, Sunday or Monday.
Now, you might not like Trestman’s candor about the state of the Bears, but hey, at least he finally showed us some real frustration. Without skipping a beat, though, Trestman went back to coach-speak before finishing his answer.
“…We’ve got a chance to look back and really take a systematic look at the issues that we’ve had and come up with some bona fide solutions,” the coach went on to say.
So, while Trestman, Emery and the Bears coaching staff put their heads together, let’s, together, find a few of our own “solutions,” as Trestman calls them.
All quotes transcribed from press conference audio or pulled from team transcripts. All stats via ESPN.com unless otherwise noted.
