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The Chicago Bears making the playoffs is probably the worst thing that could happen to this organization. The Bears needed to win versus Green Bay or hope for a Cardinals loss, a team who has stumbled two weeks in a row, to get into the playoffs. They say when you get in the playoffs anything can happen. Bears get in with the Cardinals loss and played a good game for the most part versus the Packers. Even so, they still lost the game on Sunday 35-16. The score does not tell you it was a close game as things unraveled at the end for the Bears. When the Bears faced the Packers for the first time this season, many thought that was the end for the Midway Monsters in 2020. The Bears were on a horrible skid at the time and were skinned alive by Aaron Rodgers. Three wins in a row at the end of this season with a reborn Mitch Trubisky the difference. Combined with some stumbling from other teams, gets the Bears in the post season for the first time since the double doink game against the Eagles in 2019. Now the Bears have a date with the Saints in New Orleans. What does this post season appearance mean for the future of the Bears?

Making the playoffs at an uninspired 8-8 to me, is the Bears will now use that as to get the band back together.

Bringing back Ryan Pace who plays the horns at GM. Matt Nagy will still be head coach beating his drum. This gives the Bears a chance to justify Mitch Trubisky being reborn as the lead singer. Even if the Bears shock the Saints, will they win in the divisional round? Bears making the playoffs and now they are looking at number 19 in the upcoming draft. If they beat the Saints, that number will rise into the 20’s. This is a team that needs to actually hit a Home Run on their first round pick, especially with a roster with many holes to fill. Making the Post-season most likely takes the Bears out of a chance at one of the top quarterbacks in the draft as well.

The only way I bring back the same cast of characters is if this team win the entire enchilada. The Superbowl!! I don’t trust Ryan Pace finding another quarterback or addressing the offensive line that has killed the Bears for years. Ryan Pace used 6th or 7th round draft picks on offensive linemen that would be projects, and need good coaching for years to develop them. This was a team that needed O-Line help all year. Then the quarterback position for which Ryan Pace should have grabbed the sure thing in Deshaun Watson back in 2017. Pace even traded away draft capital to move up, thinking the 49ers wanted Trubisky. Then the trade for Nick Foles again taking on salary and trading away draft capital like it’s toilet paper. Pace way OVERPAID for the services of Defensive End Robert Quinn who has done nothing since his arrival from Dallas as a free agent. Leonard Floyd had more sacks than Quinn, a guy they released. All the bad first round picks have added up. The Bears still to me don’t have a top receiver. Allen Robinson, who has not gotten a contract extension, will probably get overpaid for his services. They should have signed him earlier in the season for cheaper money if they don’t plan on blowing this up. I think Robinson is a number two receiver. Or the best number two out of a group of two’s; what the Bears lack in playmakers they make up with no good intentions. Now they could franchise Robinson if they want him back for too much money and paying top 5 in the league.

Then the great Matt Nagy. I continue to hear he has a winning record in his tenure as the head coach of the Bears. How many of those wins have come from having a good defense in place when this guy took the job? Matt Nagy is a stubborn guy. Uses his War and Peace playbook like the ten commandments in the bible instead of making a game plan around the quarterback’s strengths. Matt Nagy finally gave up calling the plays offensively and handed those responsibilities to his Offensive coordinator. The Bears have finally installed a game plan that works for a reborn Mitch Trubisky. Mitch Trubisky has played better, but still makes bone headed mistakes in the red zone like versus the Packers on Sunday throwing an interception. Can you judge Mitch Trubisky by doing well versus a bad Vikings defense, a bad Texans defense and very bad Jaguars team down the stretch? How many more games will it take head coach Matt Nagy to get a Mitch Trubisky to not make college mistakes in a pro game? Nagy was an offensive guru, a quarterback whisperer, and has failed in both Trubisky and Nick Foles. Nagy tries to be cute too many times on multiple plays over his tenure that are totally obvious. Especially on short yardage plays. Most of the time, his team abandoned the running game that has finally worked down the stretch. Does that give you hope to bring Matt Nagy back?

It’s simple. All three of these guys need to go. Ryan Pace should not have a chance to draft another quarterback. Mitch Trubisky needs new scenery and his best talents serve as a back up quarterback in the NFL anyone else except the Bears. Matt Nagy, Chuch Pagano, and the entire staff should be replaced. The Bears defense once upon a time ago in 2018 was scary. The defense unit under Pagano has been good but not like it was and getting to the quarterback with pressure. The Chicago Bulls in the early 1990’s fired Doug Collins and had the young Michael Jordan teams in the playoffs, but they got the same results being eliminated early in post season. Phil Jackson took over and the team won six titles. Matt Nagy does not have this Bears team even close to those Bulls teams that were just waiting for the final piece. A different voice to get them over the hump. Bears have plenty of work to do with this roster to get them to be a serious playoff team every year. It might be better to blow it all up now and start over. Especially with aging defense with window pretty much open up only a smidge these days. The Bears have too many bad contracts tying up the salary cap. Plus nobody that can play the quarterback position, which they say is the most important on the field. The quickest way is to wheel and deal most of this roster and collect draft picks. Look at the Dolphins who did the same thing and they almost made the playoffs in a very tough AFC. The team drafted well before this season, spent money in the key positions, and their defense was one of the best units in the league. Dolphins are going to be an up and coming team for years to come. That’s what we thought the Bears would be after the Eagles lost. What has the eye test shown you ever since? A team that has regressed. A team with the same questions before they started becoming a great team, playing a weaker schedule in 2018. Mark my words, the band will be back together after the loss in the Big Easy. It will be business as usual at Halas Hall.