Take a breath, Chicago Bears fans
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Hub Arkush: Take a breath, Chicago Bears fans
What did you think Bears' rebuilding would look like?
FOLLOW @hub_ARKUSHBy HUB ARKUSH - harkush@profootballweekly.com
Published: Sept. 20, 2017 — 7:24 p.m.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Should it really be as difficult as the majority of Bears Nation is finding it to be a Bears fan right now and avoid the temptation to write off the whole 2017 season with 15 weeks remaining?
Listen, Sunday in Tampa sucked, we get that, but was it a complete organizational failure that should have folks all over town calling for the heads of anyone and everyone in navy and orange? The answer, of course, is no.
In the week following the Bears last-second loss to the Falcons on opening day, the general mood around town was one of pleasant surprise that the Bears were as competitive as they were against what appears to be the best team in the NFC.
Then a still-developing quarterback makes a couple bad throws, a rookie from an FCS school in just his second game on the big stage has a brain fart, a crew of backup receivers who may not even be that good drop some passes and suddenly fans all over town want everybody fired. Have we learned anything at all from the Cubs and the White Sox?
Rebuilding doesn’t work that way, people, and that’s what the Chicago Bears are trying to do right now.
How many of you believed the Bears would be better than 0-4 to start the season after looking at the schedule? (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
Reasonable goals for this team this year are to win at least six games, maybe seven and find out whether Mike Glennon can play quarterback and just how high the ceiling is for Mitch Trubisky and begin the process of helping him reach it.
John Fox and company also need to do the same with Jordan Howard, Tarik Cohen, Cody Whitehair, Dion Sims, Adam Shaheen, Eddie Goldman, Jonathan Bullard, Leonard Floyd, Nick Kwiatkoski, Eddie Jackson and other young talent on the roster that is still more unknown than known.
The Bears also need to know if Dowell Loggains is the right guy to run an NFL offense. I’m not making any predictions here, guys, and I’m pessimistic about some of this. But with the season now just 13 percent over, we’re not even close to having enough actual evidence to know where this is going, and those goals are all still very accessible.
Maybe I just need to take a cue from Fox, who, when asked if too much attention is being paid to how he’s developing Glennon and Trubisky, had this to say.
“Look, you’re in this long enough, too much is made about everything.
“It’s just what you sign up for and it’s just the way of the world in the NFL.”
I’m glad Fox gets it because it’s really starting to annoy me. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
Glennon deserves a reasonable audition before he is quit on, and Trubisky deserves a chance to get comfortable and be put in a position to succeed before he is thrown to the wolves.
Fortunately, Fox believes his team is handling all the panic and negativity better than I am. Asked if he’s worried about his locker room’s response to all the doubters, he said, “No. Like I said, they know what they’re into. You know what I mean?
“They’re professionals. They sign up. We’re all compensated pretty well for it. Everybody understands that part of it.” (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
So what’s next for these mixed news Bears and all of you fans out there who insist on having the answers before we’ve sorted out all the questions?
Clearly, poor health is making these early-season tests more difficult, but a quarterback change won’t even be contemplated before Week 5, and hopefully later if Glennon plays better. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
So let's see if the team that played the Falcons or the team that played the Bucs shows up over the next two weeks, if this club can get any healthier and if some of the kids start to move forward before we continue to panic over what we choose to believe rather than what we’re actually seeing. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
Hub Arkush: Take a breath, Chicago Bears fans
What did you think Bears' rebuilding would look like?
FOLLOW @hub_ARKUSHBy HUB ARKUSH - harkush@profootballweekly.com
Published: Sept. 20, 2017 — 7:24 p.m.
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Should it really be as difficult as the majority of Bears Nation is finding it to be a Bears fan right now and avoid the temptation to write off the whole 2017 season with 15 weeks remaining?
Listen, Sunday in Tampa sucked, we get that, but was it a complete organizational failure that should have folks all over town calling for the heads of anyone and everyone in navy and orange? The answer, of course, is no.
In the week following the Bears last-second loss to the Falcons on opening day, the general mood around town was one of pleasant surprise that the Bears were as competitive as they were against what appears to be the best team in the NFC.
Then a still-developing quarterback makes a couple bad throws, a rookie from an FCS school in just his second game on the big stage has a brain fart, a crew of backup receivers who may not even be that good drop some passes and suddenly fans all over town want everybody fired. Have we learned anything at all from the Cubs and the White Sox?
Rebuilding doesn’t work that way, people, and that’s what the Chicago Bears are trying to do right now.
How many of you believed the Bears would be better than 0-4 to start the season after looking at the schedule? (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
Reasonable goals for this team this year are to win at least six games, maybe seven and find out whether Mike Glennon can play quarterback and just how high the ceiling is for Mitch Trubisky and begin the process of helping him reach it.
John Fox and company also need to do the same with Jordan Howard, Tarik Cohen, Cody Whitehair, Dion Sims, Adam Shaheen, Eddie Goldman, Jonathan Bullard, Leonard Floyd, Nick Kwiatkoski, Eddie Jackson and other young talent on the roster that is still more unknown than known.
The Bears also need to know if Dowell Loggains is the right guy to run an NFL offense. I’m not making any predictions here, guys, and I’m pessimistic about some of this. But with the season now just 13 percent over, we’re not even close to having enough actual evidence to know where this is going, and those goals are all still very accessible.
Maybe I just need to take a cue from Fox, who, when asked if too much attention is being paid to how he’s developing Glennon and Trubisky, had this to say.
“Look, you’re in this long enough, too much is made about everything.
“It’s just what you sign up for and it’s just the way of the world in the NFL.”
I’m glad Fox gets it because it’s really starting to annoy me. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
Glennon deserves a reasonable audition before he is quit on, and Trubisky deserves a chance to get comfortable and be put in a position to succeed before he is thrown to the wolves.
Fortunately, Fox believes his team is handling all the panic and negativity better than I am. Asked if he’s worried about his locker room’s response to all the doubters, he said, “No. Like I said, they know what they’re into. You know what I mean?
“They’re professionals. They sign up. We’re all compensated pretty well for it. Everybody understands that part of it.” (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
So what’s next for these mixed news Bears and all of you fans out there who insist on having the answers before we’ve sorted out all the questions?
Clearly, poor health is making these early-season tests more difficult, but a quarterback change won’t even be contemplated before Week 5, and hopefully later if Glennon plays better. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)
So let's see if the team that played the Falcons or the team that played the Bucs shows up over the next two weeks, if this club can get any healthier and if some of the kids start to move forward before we continue to panic over what we choose to believe rather than what we’re actually seeing. (H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com)