UA-59049186-1 Chicago Bears Airing of Grievances - Good if it Goes

Chicago Bears Airing of Grievances

I miss you. [Photo: Joe Robbins, Getty Images]

This organization stinks. It’s no wonder they haven’t won a playoff game in over a decade. Clueless ownership hires incompetent GMs who then hire worse coaches. And now we’re watching a total mess. Ryan Poles talked about a desire to build through the draft during his introductory press conference. He then shipped Khalil Mack to the Chargers for a ha sandwich. I didn’t like it then and I flat-out hate it now. I said then that if Fields is the guy, then the Bears could be competitive in 2023. Well, he’s looking very guy-ish and now the team needs to find two starting edge rushers and we’re talking about overpaying Yannick Ngakoue because there aren’t any better ideas out there. They could have kept Mack and still had a boatload of cap space. And if this was gonna be a total rebuild, then please tell me why they didn’t move Robert Quinn during the off-season, too. Did you think his trade value was going to go up?

Circling back to Fields for a moment, you can’t convince me that this regime legitimately thought he’s the guy. If they did, and this is what they put around him, they should be fired for gross incompetence, emphasis on gross. The grand plan to improve the offensive line was a fifth-round rookie and Lucas Patrick. The grand plan at receiver was nothing. Velus Jones was drafted in the third round and was a serious reach. What was the plan here if Justin Fields didn’t start turning tin cans into gold? I would hope that George McCaskey et al, when interviewing GM candidates asked what their vision for the team is. What did Poles say? “Yeah, that QB you just drafted blows. We’re gonna aim for the #1 pick.” If you’re gonna try telling me Poles did believe in Fields, that means his answer to George would’ve been “Ehh, just let him get knocked around for a year while we tank. Maybe if we’re lucky, he’ll develop some really bad habits! Hopefully, he’ll get real skittish. Wouldn’t that be great?”

But despite Poles’ best efforts, the team looked respectable. And they were 3-4. So, naturally, Poles got rid of the team’s best player, Roquan Smith, creating yet another hole. And he made sure the team would suck. What really hurts about all of this is that it came on the heels of this team’s best win since 2018. They went into Foxboro and not only won a game nobody expected them to win, but dominated it. Against the greatest coach of all time, no less. And I get that this team was never supposed to be good, but who says things have to go the way they’re supposed to? The Giants were supposed to be terrible and they’re 8-5-1 and in playoff contention right now. No, this team was never going to win the Super Bowl. Or even get close. But even if they didn’t actually make the playoffs, they could have at least made the “in the hunt” graphic late in the season and given Justin Fields a chance to play meaningful December football. Instead, Ryan Poles said “nah, screw that” and traded his best player for a handful of magic beans. Well, fe-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of a guy who should be one-and-done. Because there’s rebuilding and then there’s actively trying to lose. What this team is doing right now is a flat-out disgrace. Nobody should go to Soldier Field the rest of this year. Do not give this team any money. The season ticket holders should all be given full refunds or, at the very least, next year’s tickets for free. Poles and anybody with the last name McCaskey, including the old bag, should be thrown in jail for charging actual U.S. currency to watch this collection of nobodies the new top lunkhead is attempting to pass off as a football team.

Happy Festivus.

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