Futile and stupid
Hey Ryan Poles. You gotta do something, man.



Get more from Andy Dolan in the Substack appAvailable for iOS and AndroidGet the app
We’re not dumb people. At least, not that we know of. So, when the Bears were 4-2 and had back to back dominant wins over two terrible kitty teams from Carolina and Jacksonville, we didn’t think the Bears were actually a Super Bowl contender. Most of us figured they were still a long shot to make the playoffs. But we thought they were pretty good. We were pretty happy with how things were going. The offense had beaten up on two bad defenses, but for the Bears, historically, that’s not a given. The defense was playing well. We know the schedule the last eight weeks was going to be rough, but we were happy that Caleb Williams was playing well and gaining confidence, and really, for this season, that’s the most important thing.
After the 35-16 win over the Jags in London, the Bears were going to play three teams they could beat, and then the Packers-Vikings-Lions-Niners-Vikings, Lions-Seattke-Packers end of the season stretch would bring them back to earth.
Unfortunately, the Bears just couldn’t wait to crash land.
Since the start of the Hail Mary loss to Lionel Richie and the Commodores, the Bears have scored 27 points in 12 quarters. They have scored ONE touchdown. In the last eight quarters they have just four field goals.
Every Monday the players run to their paid media gigs to trash the coaches, the coaches refuse to admit they’ve ever fucked anything up and really, it doesn’t fucking matter.
They lead the league in fun things like pre-snap penalties, fewest points scored in the first quarter of games and despite having four wins they have yet to score first in any game.
They played their worst football after they got a week off to rest, heal up injuries and adjust their strategy for the rest of the season.
All of these things are an indictment on their coaching.