Safeties: Mike Minter
No position on defense underachieved more than the safeties for the Bears in 2016. Adrian Amos, Harold Jones-Quartey, Deon Bush and Chris Prosinski were almost invisible in the entire year. Always a half second late to fill a run lane and nowhere to be found in coverage. Sam Garnes failed to coach them up enough to even be relevant beyond the occasional stroke of good fortune.
What the Bears need is somebody who knows how to have success at the NFL level. That phone call should be to Mike Minter. This man makes perfect sense for a number of reasons. For starters he played 10 seasons and 155 games as a safety in the NFL. He has coaching experience now after switching to the profession in 2011. Best of all? He’s connected to John Fox. The two were together for five seasons in Carolina, reach two NFC championships and a Super Bowl.
