3 Chicago Bears Who Need to Step Up and Earn Their Jobs by Season’s End
Published by Bear Heiser on December 11, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears will have to dig deep to find the will to win over the final three weeks of the season now that the postseason is out of reach.
Jobs in 2015 might be the only thing left to play for—aside from personal pride, obviously.
Despite the Bears’ 5-8 record, head coach Marc Trestman doesn’t appear ready or willing to make any moves to shake things up, which is exactly what’s going on with the New Orleans Saints, the Bears’ next opponent.
The Saints also sit with a 5-8 record. The only difference between New Orleans and Chicago is the Saints are tied for the NFC South division lead. Shocking, right? But that hasn’t stopped head coach Sean Payton from releasing players, benching starters and who knows what else.
“I don’t rule out any changes with regard to who we are asking to do what we are asking them to do,” Payton said, via NewOrleansSaints.com. “If it is not happening, if it is not happening over a long period of time, then we are going to look at other options. That is our business.”
On one hand, you have Payton who seems ready and willing to piss off anyone and everyone in order to send a message to his team. And on the other hand, you have Trestman who, after embarrassing losses like to Green Bay in Week 10, says things like this: “I think this team and this locker room is in a good place at this time.”
Trestman uttered those ridiculous words more than one month ago, and nothing has changed since then. So you can see just how good of a place the Bears locker room must be in now, with the team being out of playoff contention with three games to play.
If Trestman can’t motivate his players to step up and play better football, then his players need to step up on their own, for the sake of earning jobs next season.
Here’s a look at three Chicago Bears who need to step up and earn their jobs down the final stretch of the season/
Spoiler alert: Jay Cutler, Marc Trestman and Mel Tucker were purposefully left off this list.
