During this historic losing streak, Chicago’s quarterback, Justin Fields, has regressed, and its coaching staff and general manager have come under criticism.
, and the frugal McCaskeys are loath to eat big money by firing coaches and executives with years remaining on their contracts. However, this is no ordinary Bears implosion. Chicago has lost 13 straight games, and its defense has allowed at least 25 points in each of them. Defensive coordinator Alan Williams left the team under bizarre circumstances last week.
“This was always doomed,” said another NFL executive, who was a candidate for the Bears’ GM position and remains in the league. His employer would not permit him to speak freely about another team’s inner workings. “Remember, you had Ted running one search, and then it really was like Polian running his own search … at the same time, and then everyone is wondering if they’re just going to hire one of Trace’s guys, no matter what.
Of course, this regime is hardly alone in its futility. The Bears have one playoff win since they reached the Super Bowl after the 2006 season and just seven postseason berths since 1992. Losing is their brand. It’s how fast Eberflus and Poles have sunk that’s most remarkable, even by Bears standards, and their ousters feel about as inevitable as Matt Rhule’s in Carolina this time a year ago.
Yet through the first two weeks of this season, Fields’s pass percentage outside the pocket went from 38 percent to 19 percent, and his play-action percentage went from 34 percent to 11 percent. His attempts over 10 air yards went from 38 percent to 19 percent, and he went from five designed runs per game to two and 11 rushing attempts to 6.5. “It’s crazy,” the opposing GM said of how Fields has been deployed. “It’s almost like going out of your way not to put him in position to succeed.
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