The Chicago Bears got a solid dose of reality from the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday. Playing at cold and rainy Soldier Field, the team from the desert came out and intercepted Andy Dalton four times en route to a comfortable 33-22 victory.
The loss dropped the Bears to 4-8 and the "Dead End" sign just got a little more visible for the Matt Nagy era in Chicago.
With the Green Bay Packers up next at Lambeau Field on Sunday night, the Bears are just hoping to not get embarrassed by their "owner", Aaron Rodgers. A humiliating loss to their nemesis in prime time could lead to change as soon as Monday.
With that, let's reach into this week's Bears Mailbag. Follow me on Twitter @DhruvKoul to continue the conversation.
Bears Mailbag
To add some color to this, yes, there are examples of coaches who have staying power by *just* being CEOs: John Harbaugh, Mike Tomlin and Ron Rivera are very good examples. Mike Vrabel has transformed into that a good bit in the last year or so. But in a league so driven by the quarterback and setting QBs up for success, when a hot OC candidate gets scooped up, it disrupts the QB and the offense as a whole (10 other starters who have to learn new stuff). And again, in a league so driven by QBs, this is key. It's not easy, as evidenced by turnover across the league. But finding a Sean Payton/Andy Reid/Kyle Shanahan/Matt LaFleur/Frank Reich/Sean McVay type is the best possible outcome. Of course, it helps if you have a franchise QB. Payton-Brees was great. Reid-Mahomes took the league by storm. LaFleur-Rodgers is great. Reich-Wentz has borne fruit. You get the idea. With Justin Fields likely needing to learn a new offense in Year 2 with Matt Nagy's impending exit, this becomes even more paramount.
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