I am hoping we have better options for our next HC....
We'll start the rebuild in the Windy City by working under an assumption that just about everyone is making with the Bears mired at 3-8 and in last place in the NFC North: Head coach John Fox will be fired.
And as Barry Rozner wrote for the Daily Herald, it isn't hard to make an argument that general manager Ryan Pace should get the axe too, given his track record over three seasons in Chicago.
The consensus appears to be, however, that Pace will be with the team in 2018, and his job will be two-fold.
First, the Bears need to go out and find a young, offensive-minded head coach. Pace rolled the dice on moving up in the 2017 draft to select Mitchell Trubisky as the team's franchise quarterback—just weeks after handing Mike Glennon $18.5 million in guaranteed money to come to Chicago.
The Bears don't need another retread coach. They need a young gun who can do for Trubisky what Sean McVay appears to have done for Jared Goff in Los Angeles. Most of the criticism being directed at Trubisky in 2017 was also tossed Goff's way a year ago. "But" was being bandied about with some frequency.
The Bears probably don't offer an attractive enough situation to lure Josh McDaniels away from the New England Patriots, but perhaps they could poach 33-year-old Jim Bob Cooter away from the Detroit Lions. Or the Bears could consider going in house with offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains.
Don't groan. Loggains isn't nearly as responsible for Chicago's offensive struggles as the problem that created Step 2: Trubisky needs help.
Offensively, the Bears have tailback Jordan Howard and...nothing else. Chicago has arguably the weakest receiving corps in the league. The Kevin White pick was a waste. The team let Alshon Jeffery walk in free agency and replaced him with a group of castoffs.
A Chicago offensive line that was thought to be a strength has regressed in a big way as well. Injuries have played a part there, but they don't fully explain why the Bears rank outside the top 20 in both run and pass-blocking at Football Outsiders.
Trubisky's in the same no-win situation Goff was in a year ago: poor coaching (at least at the top), a below-average line in front of him and jack squat in the way of viable targets to throw to.
The kid could be a phenomenal quarterback and he isn't going to succeed in that mess.