Wednesday, March 27, 2024

History Says There’s A Blueprint From Worst To First And The Bears Are Following It

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A common flaw in failure is attempting to implement the next great thing rather than simply modifying instructions for something that’s already been done. When reading everyone’s opinion on the Chicago Bears and the solutions they should implement it’s clear most fans think they are pretty far away from a playoff birth. The fact of the matter is they’ve done this before, gone from worst to first that is, and if you look closely you’ll see that the current Bears are following the same plan.

Back In 2004

Let’s rewind back to 2004. Chicago suffered a brutal 5-11 season and finished dead last in the NFC North. It was Lovie Smith’s first year as head coach and the Bears were coming off two straight third place finishes in the division in ’03 and ’02. Their leading quarterback coming out of the 2004 season was Chad Hutchinson and he had a whopping 903 yards for the year. Behind him was Craig Krenzel with 718 passing yards, Jonathan Quinn and second-year quarterback Rex Grossman who suffered an injury. The defense was also riddled with injuries. Brian Urlacher only started nine games, Charles Tillman seven and Mike Brown only two. Sound familiar?

If you’re paying attention you’ll notice the Bears had a shitty quarterback situation, a decent defense and decent special teams.

Now, what if I told you they went on to win 11 games, Lovie Smith won coach of the year and Chicago won the division for only the second time in 10 years the following season? Here’s how they did it.

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