Daniel Jeremiah on Move the Sticks:
"That Bears team is not talented. I mean, they are 10 players away from being 10 players away. I mean they have not a lot going on there. They are not good on offensive line, they aren’t good on the defensive line. DJ Moore is a stud…but that is their guy.
This (team) is not a quarterback away. Obviously they are going to be in a position more than likely with their pick as well as owning the Panthers pick…they are going to have a chance to go in that direction if they want to move on from Justin Fields, but they got MAJOR work to do on this roster."
“I think they have to commit to a QB…they need to trade their other pick to amass a bunch of picks. They need to auction it off because they need a lot of help.”
PAAAIIIIIIINNNNNNN.
What Daniel doesn’t tell you is that coaching creates talent. I’m not talking a few superstars, of which each team may have one or two. I’m talking about players who play great on great teams but would be average at best here. Those are the guys we don’t have and there’s a simple reason why they don’t have them. Coaching.
You know when the announcer says “that’s something that just can’t be coached.” Everything else is. You want a great offensive line? Go hire Bill Callahan away from Cleveland. Add a center, done. No you won’t need a new LT, Braxton Jones will be upper half in the league. Jenkins and Wright will be all pro. Want a better DL? talk Rod Marinelli out of retirement. Dexter and Sweat would be superstars with him teaching them.
Want to fix Fields? hire Greg Roman. In fact, hire Harbaugh to put it all together. Bears fans don’t get it. Ditka and Finks were fine but the real secret was guys like Jim Linehan (OL coach) Ed Hughes (OC) Buddy Ryan (DC) Dave McGinness (LB). You don’t need superstars everywhere, you need good talent that is coached really well. Then it’s a matter of getting the right fit for some players. That’s the GM job, he creates the template for each position and then brings them in. The coaches coach them and bingo, you have success.
I’ve said this many times. The Bears (and probably a lot of teams) would like to be like the Steelers. When they hired Tomlin, he had to conform to what they did. He wanted to switch to a 4-3 and they said no we’re keeping the same defense and coaches. They don’t fire coaches, they fire position coaches. Whatever changes are made are done with the idea of not changing the nature of the team. That’s why they are so consistently successful. The FO knows exactly what kind of players to bring in, they will always fit that template that they look for.