Austin Lyons

Rating 10 Potential Candidates for the Next Bears Head Coach

10. Brian Daboll

Bald guy with a beard who at times has seemed averse to running the ball. No thanks, he may be good but he’s too similar to the last guy so I don’t want him.

9. Leslie Frazier

Don’t really know a whole lot about Leslie Frasier, but I know he’s a defensive guy which I don’t want. Give me an offensive minded guy to come in and help develop Justin Fields. I know he could bring in a good OC or whatever for that but I think the top guy should be able to help Fields as much as possible.

8. Pat Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald, to me, just feels like a guy who can do great in college but if he were to take the step up to the pros it wouldn’t work. I don’t know why I believe this exactly, just seems like his whole mindset and energy is fitting for a great college coach and not the pros.

7. Matt Eberflus

Don’t really know a whole lot about Matt Eberflus, but I know he’s a defensive guy which I don’t want. Give me an offensive minded guy to come in and help develop Justin Fields. I know he could bring in a good OC or whatever for that but I think the top guy should be able to help Fields as much as possible.

6. Josh McDaniels

Obviously Josh McDaniels would be a pretty sweet hire, I’d love to have him. However, like many other people, I believe that he isn’t going to leave New England and he’s likely just waiting for Belichick to retire so he can take over there.

5. Ryan Day

I’m not completely in love with the idea of Ryan Day as the next head coach of the Bears. The only reason I don’t hate it is his pre-existing relationship with Fields and the fact that he’s had success with him in the past already. You have to imagine that he would do a pretty good job of developing him into a good professional QB.

4. Nathaniel Hackett

I kind of like the idea of bringing in a Packer to beat the Packers. The Green Bay offense is a unit that has obviously had a bit of success in recent years so poaching their OC seems like a pretty solid bet. Plus you have to imagine he dislikes Rodgers as much as the Bears fanbase does because how could you not after spending so much time around the guy right?

3. Jim Harbaugh

I’ve gone back and forth on this one a lot have have landed on the side of loving the idea of Harbaugh as the next coach of the Bears. His offense was fun to watch with Kaepernick in San Fransisco so why not believe that he can do the same if not even better with Fields? I was hesitant because of his slight lack of success at Michigan but I think that’s a dumb thing to be concerned about when talking about his return to the NFL.

2. Byron Leftwich

Sure you can say his success in Tampa is tied to have the greatest QB of all time on his team, but he also had a pretty solid offense in his year with Jameis Winston. If his offense could be good with Jamies then I believe it can be great with Fields and spending a couple years around Brady couldn’t have done anything but help him.

1. Greg Roman

I’d love to see an offense similar to Baltimore’s ran in Chicago. I think a run first offense like that would be a great fit with Fields and Montgomery and you could potentially open the passing game up more with Fields over Jackson. As long as the Bears are able to improve their offensive line some this offseason I think a Greg Roman style offense would be a huge success in Chicago.

Austin Lyons

I Was Totally Joking When I Said the Bears Stink a Couple of Weeks Ago

Could the Chicago Bears possibly be… good? Maybe I’m overreacting and getting a bit ahead of myself but I don’t think so. Obviously the offense didn’t put up crazy numbers or anything but they were moving the ball pretty well and looked at very least competent. Just seeing them take some shots downfield is soooooo nice, there’s finally some reason to believe that they might make some big plays again. Why did Nagy even take back play calling at all this year? They looked better last season when Lazor called the plays and they look way better with him calling the plays this year. And of course I love this defense, they are still an awesome unit and I’m sure having a decent offense has got to revitalize them.

Boy oh boy were there some scares early on in that game though with Fields getting hit left and right. If the Raiders committed one more roughing the passer I swear I was going to call the police. Then his knee hyperextending on that scramble looked BAD. I was praying it’d be something that only kept him out a couple weeks and not a season ending injury. So when he came back in just a few plays later I was elated. Thank goodness he was fine.

Packers at Soldier Field next week. Packers have looked pretty beatable this year and Bears seem like they may be starting to figure things out. I absolutely LOVE the Bears at +4.5 and will likely even end up taking them moneyline. Bear Down!

Austin Lyons

Justin Fields is the Chicago Bears Starting QB!

Justin Fields will make his first NFL start against the Browns this Sunday and I couldn’t be more excited. Sure he didn’t exactly light it up against the Bengals when he came in after Dalton got hurt but he looked solid and had been practicing with the scout team all week. We saw some of the plays he can make with his feet and a couple of beautiful passes even if they didn’t end up as completions. I fully believe that after a full week of practicing with the starters and an offensive game plan tailored to him (hopefully, who knows with Nagy) he’ll be ready to put up big numbers against Cleveland. There shouldn’t even be a question of who will start once Dalton is healthy again, this is Fields’ team now and there’s no looking back. If things go so poorly that Dalton needs to be brought back in then it’s 1000% time to fire Nagy and Pace.


Sidenote: I saw some articles saying that with Dalton hurt the question of who would start was between Fields and Foles… was that ever really an option? I don’t even know how I would’ve reacted if Nagy came out and said Foles would start against the Browns, probably would’ve exploded or something. I think Nagy would’ve very literally been run out of Chicago at that point.

Austin Lyons

Do the Chicago Bears have the 2 Best QBs in the NFC North?

I don’t think much has to be said about Justin Fields. Sure, Matt Nagy has said Andy Dalton will start the season but any NFL fan knows that once Fields gets thrown in he’ll be a top-tier quarterback right off the bat. The only question is how long will it be until he gets the reins because Dalton is looking awesome at training camp. The tweets below show the beautiful passes he’s been throwing, making me think he’s taken the next step and is about to have a breakout year competing with the best QBs in the league. I know you may be thinking “that’s just the Bears twitter account tweeting out highlights,it’s not indicative of any kind of big leap by Dalton” but I disagree. Why would the Bears tweet these if every throw hasn’t been this good? That would just be getting fans’ hopes up for nothing. Now let’s look at the other NFC North quarterbacks.


Packers: Aaron Rodgers is coming off of an MVP season and has consistently been among the top 3 QBs throughout his career, but this off season showed it will be a down year for Rodgers.He hates the Packers organization and simply does not want to be in Green Bay. He made them trade for Randall Cobb so that he can have a friend to just kick back and relax with while he goes through the motions for his last year in Green Bay. I have no doubt he’ll be back to MVP level play when he finds a team he actually wants to play for. Until then, he’ll just be in a holding pattern.

Vikings: Kirk Cousins has just entered the NFL’s Covid protocol and will have to miss at least 5 days of training camp before returning to practice. I’d put Dalton and Cousins pretty close to each other in terms of skill level so these missed reps are really going to cost the Minnesota QB. While he’s sitting in quarantine, Dalton and Fields will be continuing to get better and really separating themselves from Cousins.


Lions: Jared Goff is a decent QB but he’s no Matt Stafford. If the Lions still had Stafford they’d most likely have the best quarterback in the division this season but unfortunately for them he’s gone. Goff will do fine but I haven’t seen any clips of him making overly impressive throws in the first week of camp (I also haven’t looked for any).

Austin Lyons

Tarik Cohen Still Walking Gingerly at Practice

This really sucks to see. Apparently Tarik Cohen is still walking around gingerly after tearing his ACL last season. He’s an extremely fun player to watch and one of the guys I’ve been most excited to see on the field again this season. If he’s still not walking at 100%, then I guess we won’t be seeing him at the start of the season. Hopefully he’ll be back to dancing around defenders before the half way point of the season to provide a nice boost for the Bears offense.