The Chicago Bears are limping to the finish once again. This 2024 season will mark the fourth consecutive season with a losing record. DJ Moore has to wonder why his luck is so bad. He endured similar problems in Carolina for years with head coaching changes and an inability to forge a cohesive program. Like other veterans in the locker room, he’s worried if he’ll ever get a chance to play for a Super Bowl while in his peak years. After watching Matt Eberflus get fired last month, he has eyes on January for who the replacement could be.
It’s not hyperbole to say this upcoming decision could determine the course of the franchise for the next decade. Moore was asked on 670 The Score what he is hoping for from the search. His answer was interesting.
“We’re all on the same page as far as getting somebody in here who’s going to lead this team in the right direction, have a solid game plan week in and week out and is just going to let it loose no matter what.”
That comment reinforces the belief that players were fed with Eberflus’ rampant conservatism, showing a constant unwillingness to make aggressive calls in key situations. Those moments added up to way too many close losses.
DJ Moore must hope and pray the Bears get it right.
He’s only been here two years. The wide receiver has no idea what fans have endured for the past decade, watching this organization bumble through four different head coaches who all saw their tenures end with controversy and disappointment. One could argue this period has been even darker than the late 1960s and early 1970s. Either way, DJ Moore is relegated to the same status as everybody else. He has no say in what happens for the next month as GM Ryan Poles and team president Kevin Warren work to fix a problem that has bedeviled the organization for years. Faith is at an all-time low. Nobody trusts the decision-makers inside Halas Hall to have the intelligence or instinct to pull it off.
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It’s amazing how far away the media is from blaming Justin Fields for Chicago being a bad team, it went from Justin Fields, to Shane Waldron, to Matt Eberflus to the players who suit up, it’s a missing factor, we all know what/he is….?
Here’s Cody Whitehair to block for Young, I’d have eaten his entire salary.
@Tred. FWIW, I would have pressed like heck to have Derrick Brown in that trade over DJ. At the time, Carolina’s roster was barren and if I had to sweeten the deal in some way, I would have done it. Here’s Velus.
@Tred I think you need to look a little deeper than just record to compare Chicago and Carolina. With the exception of interior offensive line that Carolina spent a fortune rebuilding this past offseason and RB1, I’m not sure any Carolina player would start in Chicago if they had to compete with the Bears’ incumbent. There really is no comparison between the rosters. If anything Carolina’s W-L record may be a slight overachievement based on pure talent, and the Bears oretty dramatically underachieved. That’s a testiment to the impact of competent coaching versus the shitshow we’ve had here. So, I… Read more »
Until the OWNERS sell, there will always be the family disfunction in running the Bears. If you look at the temperament of the founder, the contrast, and RESULTS are plain to see. How many championships did George Halas win? And what has been the temperament of the teams HC’s since the ’85 Bears? The ’63 & ’85 Bears are all Chicago fans have to reminisce over for championships. Only twice in SIXTY plus years? The Bears need new OWNERSHIP, if they want to become a perennial playoff team. IMO