Patience is needed as the young Bears attempt to move past mistakes
Throughout a rebuild, you'll hear different leading voices within a rebuilding organization pleading with fans to practice a sense of patience. Patience being preached regarding the process, patience being preached regarding development, and patience being preached regarding results are usually the three key messages being delivered specific to this situation. These all apply to the […]
Throughout a rebuild, you'll hear different leading voices within a rebuilding organization pleading with fans to practice a sense of patience.
Patience being preached regarding the process, patience being preached regarding development, and patience being preached regarding results are usually the three key messages being delivered specific to this situation.
These all apply to the current predicament the Chicago Bears are in. However, one more message that's usually preached — and this one falls under the idea of patience being preached regarding development — is the idea of being patient as a young, rebuilding team works through bad habits.
Specifically in terms of making egregious mistakes that can lead to turnovers, penalties, and bad play overall.
In the Bears' case, that same message is sure to be spread in decent amounts soon, as they showcased another mistake filled effort in a loss against the New York Giants.
Mistakes were everywhere
What transpired that led to the mistakes were rather familiar in nature. The Bears came into this game near the top of the league in terms of giveaways with a grand total of seven.
The statistical majority of these have come as a result of Justin Fields and his inability to keep the ball out of harms way, with four interceptions to his name through three games.
The other three came as a result of fumbling issues, either from Fields or other members of the offense that couldn't prevent themselves from putting the football on the ground.
In order to win against the Giants — even with their questionable offensive production — keeping the football out of danger would have to be a high priority on the to-do list.
Unfortunately for the Bears, they weren't able to do that, as they fumbled the football three total times over the course of the game.
Fields himself had one of those fumbles, with another coming from Velus Jones Jr. after a muffed punt, and the last one coming to fruition after a frenzy filled last play of the game.
You would think that fumbles were the only mistakes that killed the Bears' chances at winning today as well.
But as we know with these young teams, one lone subject of mistakes is a rarity. So much so, that it's easy to say that turnovers weren't the only mistake that killed the Bears today though.
Poor playing from the passing game, inefficiency in the run game, and poorly timed defensive lapses were other key mistakes that hurt the Bears dearly today.
You'd be able to live with these growing pains if the product on the field showed improvement. But in the most important areas that are in dire need of development, the improvement you'd want to see hasn't showed itself consistently.
So some impatience has expectedly begun to seep into the air surroundings the Bears, and there's no answer as to when it'll begin to quiet down.
The Bears are a young football team, so mistakes are bound to be made. But these need to be chopped away, or the idea of development within this team will be squashed before it can even begin to spread its wings and fly.
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