The Chicago Bears one-third of the season report and opinions

Trust the Chicago Bears process

Things can change for the Chicago Bears. It will be Week 7 by the time you read this article. Justin Fields needs to get a little bit better each day. The offensive line needs to work together as a unit. What we saw vs the Patriots needs to be seen weekly.

If you were expecting Fields to complete 70% of his passes with four passing touchdowns a game while David Montgomery rushed for over 1,200 yards and Teven Jenkins, Lucas Patrick, and Braxton Jones become Pro Bowl talent. You were expecting a Super Bowl contender. That was never in the cards this season. I am the most optimistic fan you will ever find, but I am a realist. That was never going to happen.

There were always going to be bumps in the road. The plan for this year is to be competitive while attempting to win games. That is precisely what the Chicago Bears have been doing. It was never solely about making Justin Fields the best thing possible. It was never about one player. Could that be the problem? Sure.

However, Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles would rather make each player 5 to 15% better rather than get a significant jump of 35% from only one player. That is their method of this process. Trust the process or pull your hair out, hoping that a team depleted in talent carves out a winning season. There are a lot of rumors about if Poles will stick with Fields or draft a new quarterback next season.

The truth is, it doesn’t matter what he could do right now. Ryan Poles’ job is to evaluate the Chicago Bears right now and see who he will be moving forward as he builds this team in his image. Remember that Ryan Pace took five years to develop his one-year wonder — mostly because he didn’t attack the quarterback position correctly.

Poles won’t be given as long to build this roster. He has a quarterback under a rookie deal, so he doesn’t need to punt Fields to another team to find his signal caller. I have been stressing for years that NFL teams should invest in quarterbacks as much as possible. Why not draft a first-round talent in a quarterback when you are unsure if yours is the real deal or not?

As much as I like Fields, if I am unsure, I would do that same thing next season. But again, it’s far too early to know. The offensive line, receiving group, tight end, defensive line, and linebacker group need something to get them headed in the correct direction. Maybe N’keal Harry, Jack Sanborn, Demarcus Robinson, and Trevis Gipson are the ones to get those position groups playing better.

We have no choice but to wait and see, much like the Khalil Mack trade that shocked the heck out of me when the Bears acquired him. I don’t see D.J. Moore becoming a Bear anytime soon. I may have been wrong about Mack, but that was an anomaly. I highly doubt I’ll be wrong again.