Carmen Vitali
NFC North Reporter
There’s a new offensive coordinator in Chicago. Shane Waldron arrived following the Bears’ dismissal of Luke Getsy after the team’s 7-10 season in 2023, and he brings years of experience. He deploys a physical offense that focuses on the basics and works its way up. The hope in Chicago is that Waldron and his scheme are about to fit right in. Heck, Soldier Field’s main parking structure is the ‘Waldron Deck.’ No adjustments needed.
In an attempt to figure out how this is all going to go for the Bears, you must first understand the city itself. I grew up outside the city of Chicago and spent some of my formative years living within its limits. To know Chicago is to love it.
“Hollywood is hype. New York is talk. Chicago is work.”
That’s a famous quote from Michael Douglas waxing poetic about the city.
It’s the city of broad shoulders. A city that says, I will outwork you. A city that’s proud of its blue-collar roots. A city so persistent, it could burn to the ground and would still rise. And did.
Chicago works. It’s all they want to do.
That attitude permeates throughout its many neighborhoods and is exemplified in no better way than its teams. Sports are ingrained in the very fabric of the city. And the city is symbiotically ingrained in them.
It’s why the founding franchise of the NFL, the Chicago Bears, could see so little success and yet still have so much support — so much hope surrounding it. It’s why heated arguments rage on social media and sold-out crowds roar inside Soldier Field. It’s why the Chicago Bears are still known as the “Monsters of the Midway.”
Those monsters are now at a crossroads.
General manager Ryan Poles recently appeared on “The Pat McAfee Show” and was asked to address former quarterback and current analyst Robert Griffin III’s comments that USC’s Caleb Williams should “pull an Eli Manning” and refuse to go to Chicago at the top of the 2024 NFL Draft.
“It…
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Publish date : 2024-04-08 13:39:04
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