Winning Ugly

On a day when the football world was standing against a belligerent tyrant, the Bears stared down perhaps their greatest nemesis:  Themselves.  There are fewer teams in the NFL more prone to getting in their own way than the Chicago Bears, and recent history has painted an ugly portrait of a team that rarely plays…

A Mission of Mercy

SCENE:  In the Chicago Bears locker room, quiet hangs overhead as the roster is joined by John Fox and the coaching staff.  Ryan Pace emerges from a door labeled PERSONNEL, trailed by a cigarette-smoking man in a business suit, a gilded label upon his visitor’s badge that reads “BEARS FANBASE REPRESENTATIVE”.  FANBASE:  Let me have…

The Old Familiar Places

Mike Glennon is not a good quarterback, but at least he’s not Jay Cutler. Mike Glennon can’t extend plays with his legs, but at least he’s a nice guy. Mike Glennon can’t go through progressions with his targets, but at least he doesn’t have a punchy-face. Mike Glennon misses open receivers, but at least he…

The Process

Following the Bears, especially as an amateur enthusiast who lives vicariously through Twitter Journalism™, sports talk radio, team releases, press conferences, and beat writers, can be profoundly frustrating. This is not specifically to point fingers at Fox, Pace, or players – they were not hired for their warmth and transparency with the media.  Their hiring…