Chicago Bears players aren’t happy. Nor should they be. Once again they went into Green Bay with some hope, once again the Packers gave them a bitter reminder of how far apart the two teams are. Green Bay was playing with half a roster healthy and still managed to crush the Bears 35-14. Why? As always it starts with the quarterbacks. Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdowns. Mike Glennon committed four turnovers.
Packer fans have to be laughing at how woeful this franchise remains at that position. It’s comical by this point. Since 1992 they’ve had 30 different players start at least one game. Green Bay has had five. The Packers have two Super Bowls during that span and regained the all-time series lead 95-94 for the first time since 1932.
What makes it so much worse is the teams’ stubbornness on the issue. Glennon has eight turnovers in four games. For weeks the Bears insisted he was the better choice because he’s experienced and knows how to protect the football. After two ugly defeats in three weeks, even other players are getting fed up.
Chicago Bears players strongly hinted they want a change
Make no mistake, the reaction by the fans isn’t an isolated case. The Bears players themselves understand perfectly what’s going on. The only difference is they can’t give voice to their frustrations because that would be bad for team unity. However, it seems the cracks are finally starting to show. They usually do after big losses to the Packers.
Akiem Hicks, Markus Wheaton and Zach Miller all had pretty strong words after the game. While none referenced Glennon by names, it wasn’t hard to read between the lines.
Bears DL Akiem Hicks: "The changes we need to make, hopefully we make those changes. Hopefully we put our team in a position to win."
— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) September 29, 2017
Zach Miller: "We've got to go home, have some self reflection, see what you can do to better our football team, better our offense."
— Mike Berman (@MikeBermanNBC) September 29, 2017
Wheaton asked if WRs are on same page as MG: "Speaking for myself, I haven’t had a catch. So we obviously have got some stuff to work on."
— JJ Stankevitz (@JJStankevitz) September 29, 2017
Last week former Bear Corey Wootton warned that the players understand what’s going on. What sort of message does it send when the coaches see the quarterback is constantly struggling and refuse to make a change? Nobody is saying Mitch Trubisky will be 10 times better than Glennon but it’s practically impossible to be worse at this point.
Trubisky outperformed him in preseason by a wide margin. Everybody saw it. The coaches ignored it. They wanted to “stick to the plan.” Well there are plenty of quotes about what happens to a plan when it has first contact with the enemy. Something needs to change, or otherwise somebody will come in to change it for them. The last thing this team can afford is another midseason mutiny against the head coach like 2014.
