The Bears' Way

The Bears went into this season intent on improving their offensive line, which explains their pick in the second round of the 2021 draft. Only their pick had back problems in college and missed training camp because he needed surgery. Wait, there’s more. He saw his first meaningful action of the season Sunday night in Green Bay. How did the rookie do? Not so good, judging by the four penalties called against him. I’m not naming names because that would be cruel and unnecessary. No athlete wants health issues, and the health issues explain the poor performance, at least in part. What matters here is this is how the Bears operate. They target players other teams hold back on, and get burned in the process. Think Mitch Trubisky, Kevin White… And now the media, trained to devote attention to the Munsters 24/7-365, are finally getting around to quoting head coach Matt Nagy at length. How to put this? With Nagy, less is always better. Four seasons in, and all he does is talk rah-rah. What to do? The first inclination is to say blow the whole thing up, but do you trust the McCaskeys to know how to light the fuse, let alone buy the right dynamite? I don’t.