I’ll just leave this here.
Bears DL Akiem Hicks: “The changes we need to make, hopefully we make those changes. Hopefully we put our team in a position to win.”
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) September 29, 2017
Since The Bears Don’t Care About Winning…
I’ll just leave this here.
Bears DL Akiem Hicks: “The changes we need to make, hopefully we make those changes. Hopefully we put our team in a position to win.”
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) September 29, 2017
As nice as it was for the Bears to look like a professional football team and compete with a team we all expect to be playing in January, the Bears still lost and nobody should be happy about that.
The Bears had their chances and didn’t execute. They followed the recipe almost perfectly. They kept Aaron Rodgers off the field, running for nearly 190 yards and dominating time of possession early on. But they didn’t make enough plays. That’s what decides the outcome of games.
Outside of Cutler and Forte, the Bears didn’t have a single player make a big play. While James Jones was jumping over Bears defensive backs and Eddie Lacy making one-handed grabs, the Bears got nothing. The biggest play was made by Clay Matthews, perfectly reading Cutler’s eyes for an interception. A good reminder that defensive players get paid too.
One thing that was clear is that the Bears have confidence in their coaching staff. They know they’re going to be put in a position to succeed and it’s up to them to come away with the win. In Week 1, they didn’t.
It’s hard not to look at the Cardinals and wonder what if Phil Emery had hired Bruce Arians instead of Marc Trestman? Arians wanted the job, he practically begged for it, but Emery went in another direction and it cost him his job.
