Back To The Drawing Board For The Bears
"I'll just tell you, offensively, there's a lot more there than just one person."
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"I'll just tell you, offensively, there's a lot more there than just one person."
Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy, always positive thinking, greeted his players Thursday with a power point presentation on...the Washington Nationals.
Here are three things to watch for as a pair of desperate teams go head to head Sunday when the 3-3 Bears play host to the 2-5 Chargers in a noon kickoff at Soldier Field.
The 3-3 Chicago Bears play host to the 2-5 Los Angeles Chargers in a noon kickoff at Soldier Field. Here is what you need to know about the game.
"For me, it's not just Mitch. I think it's everybody that has a little edge to him right now because they care."
"I know we need to run the ball more. I'm not an idiot. I realize that."
The Chicago Bears take on the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at Soldier Field. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m.
The Chicago Bears play host to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, kickoff is 3:25 p.m. at Soldier Field.
The Saints are on a four game winning streak - all four of those games played without Drew Brees. While the Bears are trying to start a winning streak, with their starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky hopefully coming back.
If he is not ready, coach Matt Nagy says veteran Chase Daniel will make his second straight start.
"I've seen how dominant he was. I've seen him pick 350 pound guys up off the ground. That's really hard to do if you guys don't know, and he would do that consistently. So it just really sucks because I remember what he used to do."
The Steelers wide receiver leads the pack of potential waiver wire additions for Week 6 in the NFL.
Searching for answers will certainly be at the top of head coach Matt Nagy's checklist this bye week.
"When we kick a field goal, it's the loudest I've ever heard the stadium. And they're rowdy and they're loud, just like they are during soccer games. We're looking forward to it."
Neither Nagy nor Smith would say what exactly it was that kept Smith out of last Sunday's game, with both of them continuing to go with the company line that it's a personal issue.
At a news conference after practice, head coach confirmed that Trubisky would most likely miss this weekend's game and is on a "day-to-day basis."
The good news is after Sunday's game, they have a bye week.
"It's a personal issue. I'm not getting into anything else and I'm just going to completely keep it at that," Nagy said of Smith's absence.
"Regardless of who's out there, they're (Vikings) are good at what they do running the football, so we schematically need to be solid, and having Hicks out there certainly helps,"
The classic 1936 jerseys are part of the 100th season celebration and the jerseys are from a time when black players were banned from the NFL.
"I didn't think this would come this soon but it's a good feeling. It was an emotional kick from what everybody has been through, honestly, it was just an amazing feeling."
Bears Kyle Fuller and Charles Leno, Jr. talked with students at Jordan Community School on the North Side about making the good decisions in life and staying on the right path. But their heads were still spinning over the roller coaster of emotions from their wild win over the Denver Broncos.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn has the three things to look for as the Bears face the Denver Broncos.
The Chicago Bears travel to Colorado to play the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Kickoff is 3:25 p.m.
"He knows the type of players we have here. Also the type of guys we have on defense. He knows our strengths and also our weaknesses."
