The Casualties of War, and Bears' Football

With a minute left in yesterday’s Bears-Saints’ game with New Orleans up 21-3, Bears’ quarterback Mitch Trubisky did what he does best against good teams—he led a scoring drive in garbage time. Final score: New Orleans 21 Chicago 9. The question now is, do those numbers force the McCaskeys into action? Back in the day, Pittsburgh had it “Steel Curtain” defense. With the Bears, it’s more a wall of butter, at room temperature with a ready supply of hot knives for the opposing offense. Back in the day, good Bears’ teams didn’t have much of an offense outside of a running back or two; the defense could always be counted on to score some points. The new Bears’ “Butter-D” melts before any challenge. Captain Visor gibbered on after the game about what needs to be done, including something about learning from the loss. Captain, my captain, you’ve just finished up three years at the helm. How much more time do we need to see nobody’s buying what you’re selling? Ditto GM Ryan Pace, a front-office presence for twice as long. Like Rick Renteria of the White Sox, Nagy is big on extolling team culture. With Renteria, Sox pitchers couldn’t reward their manager’s faith in them with a few scoreless innings when it counted in the playoffs against Oakland. With Nagy, Trubisky couldn’t deliver or anyone else on offense or anyone on defense. Those nine penalties showed a culture short on discipline, Coach. So, now what? People are going to get tossed overboard, for sure, but not the McCaskeys. Ownership is a blessing, especially for the incompetent.