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Those two and I think you see Mike McCarthy get a gig too. I also suspect Flores and Packers DCs get hired as well.

I see the macro view as the offense will take strides to be better and I'd hope the defense would also be better, but I'd also expect turnovers to come back, which might mean as a whole the defense stands par for the course but in a more sustainable way...with an improved defense overall offsetting loss of the ball bouncing there way a few times...than we see a step or two up on the offense and more consistent high end offensive play. Tougher competition too...which might mean....11/12 wins against tougher competition looks similar in record to what we did this year...but as a stronger, better positioned team for the long-run. But that is my last and only post on next year until this season ends...and hopefully that isn't until they are holding the lombardi trophy

Lets just go out and have the Bears play their most complete end to end game yet and decimate the Packers on Saturday night!!! Lets go Bears!!!

Hopefully next year we are saying even nicer things about this past year's draft and also talking nicely about ascending players from the '26 draft - especially on the defensive side. But hopefully Trapillo and Shemar become names we talk about even more (and positively) in '26 while Loveland and Burden continue to shine. Monagai I think is what he is (and that is a good thing) but his ceiling is more limited.

The secondary is also very bad. I think it is important to know what is going on with JJ, Gordon and Stevenson. Those 3 have the traits to be above average players, with JJ being a blue chipper. Stevenson has not been on the field much despite fact that Wright and CJGJ have been getting torched (and don't have the foot speed to keep up with players in the roles being asked). JJ just has no speed right now - no idea if that is because of the injury and he needs an off-season to get right (he's still very young) or if there is something else there. Gordon - well - he has a history of soft tissue, when he plays he's very good, but you clearly can't trust his availability. Brisker and Byard don't have a lot of speed either - so when you combine that with JJ (injured or not the same post-groin injury), Wright, CJGJ, and McCloud...that is a very slow and poor secondary. Combine that with an interior d that struggles to get consistent penetration and that makes for a really really tough job for any D. The ends aren't much better - but Booker and Sweat are solid players and Booker appears to be ascending. Difference makers - no (or not yet) but solid. Interior is just not good and shows poor discipline. But when you add all of those together - that makes is real hard for any DC to do much more than try to figure out a bend but not break type of D. I don't think this is how DA wants to call it, but he's so limited in what he can do. They have a lot of work to overhaul the unit, but it can be done. I'm find sticking with DA as well - but wouldn't bat an eye if they did go a different direction, but I think the failures are not on the DC.

One at a time - let’s go bears!!!

Reality is I hope bears can use this game and learn from it. This whole season was always about growth - but damn it - now I want some playoff wins. Last time they lost 2 straight they won 4 in a row…how about they do that again!!!

Our DBs are worse than I thought. JJ has lost it. He is clearly not the player he was pre injury. Hopefully this is more of a short term thing and he gets his wheels back in the offseason but you can see he is not the same player post injury.

Yep and than bad protection right after. At least they showed some fight but this is a flawed team making progress and playing with house money. Go surprise us and win some playoff games Chicago!!!

He was a db who was moved to safety. He had played both but was slow and as he has aged has only gotten slower. Guy just isn’t good anymore (no knock on him just is what it is). He made some nice plays for the bears in a pinch but he is a trash player at this point - just like McCloud is. As many snaps as they are giving to guy with such poor coverage skills is going to expose you. Wright is a bit better cause he has the length but like McCloud and CJGJ he has zero foot speed and gets torched by quick.

This. I also think given how flawed CJ is - they kind of know what to watch for if he is there so very little exotic he can really do given the personnel he has.

I think he knows he has very little to work with. CJ is awful in coverage and as much as Wright has made plays he has gotten cooked a ton too. Stevenson and JJ are still hampered quite a bit from injuries but trending in right direction and his LB corps has been decimated so almost no depth. And rush defense is a mess too with minimal to no interior penetration. I think he is just trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit. I’ll go further and say Brisker is a shell of what he was pre injuries too. My hope is JJ trends in right direction and finishes as a top end player and Stevenson trends right way. Even better if Kyler is actually 100 percent. But this is a spectacularly bad defense outside of the turnovers. Like Mel Tucker bad and it isn’t because of coaching (in my opinion).

Let’s go bears!!!

I think a big difference is in college these teams with byes have had multiple weeks off vs just a one week bye. Big difference between fresh and prepared and prepared but rusty.

Packers got him