Chicago Bears look to salvage lost season, starting with NY Giants

Expect big changes next year with all new management, all new coaches and total rebuilding of the team rooster.



Khalil Mack #52 of the Chicago Bears in rare action in the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field on September 29, 2019 in Chicago. ( Dylan Buell/Getty Images )
LAKE FOREST - The Chicago Bears are searching for answers in a season that began with such promise coming off an NFC North championship.

New York Giants right tackle Mike Remmers isn’t quite ready to write them off.

“They could flip a switch at any moment and turn it around,” he said. “They have some talent over there but they seem to be not very motivated.

With five losses in six games and their postseason hopes just a pipe dream, the Bears (4-6) will try to start salvaging something when they host the struggling Giants (2-8) on Sunday.

Chicago has fallen out of contention after winning the NFC North at 12-4. They were banking on quarterback Mitchell Trubisky to make another jump coming off a Pro Bowl selection and an offense that showed some creativity to click in a major way in coach Matt Nagy’s second year.

Neither has happened as the great hopes turned out to be head cases. And last week’s 17-7 loss to the Rams in Los Angeles was particularly bad.

Not only did an offense that ranks among the league’s worst stall again, Trubisky sat out the final drive because of a hurt right hip pointer that hurt real bad.  And the Bears wasted another solid effort by a defense that still is one of the NFL’s best, even if it’s banged up and more vulnerable.

“It hasn’t gone the way we wanted it to go,” receiver Allen Robinson said. “I think that’s most of the frustration. We know that we have good players. We know the kind of ability that everybody has. It’s pretty much the same players that we had last year. Seeing some of the success that we’ve had - even this season - it’s tough to not be consistent.”

The Giants dropped six in a row prior to their bye last week and are on the verge of clinching their third straight losing season. They’re 7-19 in two years under Pat Shurmur, and the coach and general manager Dave Gettleman could be on shaky ground just like the Bears coach and general manager.

ON THE MEND

Trubisky said this week his hurt hip was improving and he sounded confident he would be ready to play, provided he doesn't hurt his hip again.