{"id":102059,"date":"2021-01-13T18:48:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T23:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=102059"},"modified":"2021-05-30T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T18:05:13","slug":"chicago-bears-to-fans-let-them-eat-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/01\/13\/chicago-bears-to-fans-let-them-eat-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Bears to Fans: “Let Them Eat Cake”"},"content":{"rendered":"

At their end of the season press conference, the Chicago Bears<\/a> sent a message to their fans. That message: Let them eat cake. A famous line from a “great princess” of the 17th or 18th century upon learning the peasants had no bread. No fanbase is more loyal to their team and that in part may be why ownership flew in the face of their supporters with this move. Put simply, because they can.
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Message from Bears to Fans Doesn’t Sit Well<\/span><\/h2>\n

90 Minutes of Blather<\/span><\/h3>\n

Fans were treated to an hour-plus long explanation as to the hows and whys their favorite team would be practicing insanity. How else do you describe letting Ryan Pace<\/a> and Matt Nagy<\/a> stick around and, presumably, make another drastic move at quarterback given how they’ve handled things?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet there they all were. Pace, Nagy, George McCaskey<\/a>, and Ted Phillips<\/a> all took turns speaking and fielding questions. Not one of them offering up anything close to what could be considered a satisfactory answer about anything pertinent. Instead, there were repeated self-pats on the back for the team not falling apart during a six-skid. Well, that and platitudes for fifth-round rookie Darnell Mooney<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, there was a change made: defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano<\/a> is set to retire. Some have speculated that Pagano would be this year’s scapegoat but that he’s retiring, in part, to save face. We have talked about the regression from this group. But we often stop short of dragging him through the mud. That’s because it’s hard to take risks on defense with such an anemic offense. Still, with how the unit performed, his departure makes sense.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bears president Ted Phillips: "Have we gotten the quarterback situation right? No. Have we won enough games? No. But everything else is there.\u201d<\/p>\n

(This is a football version of, \u201cOther than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?\u201d)<\/p>\n

— Kevin Fishbain (@kfishbain) January 13, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n