The whole truth is that the Bears can blame themselves for everything that has befallen them, even the rumors and “reports” that seem to be estranged from reality.
If there’s no Nagy, there’s no five-game losing streak and no awful offense.
Two days before the Bears’ Thanksgiving game in Detroit, the news site reported that the team already had informed Nagy the Lions game would be his last as head coach.
It results in rumors, non-stop social media abuse and incandescent stories that never should see the light of day.
When the story took on a life and decibel level of its own, team chairman George McCaskey had to address the players and coaches, telling them there was no truth to it.
So if their lips were rusted shut, what chance was there that someone at Halas Hall would think to send out a press release debunking the Patch.com story? Zero.
In this case, their silence did damage to the organization and left their coach in a very uncomfortable position.
Ineptitude has been the Bears’ constant companion for years, so it was no surprise that last week played out the way it did, no surprise that such a thing would befall them.
He hasn’t been able to figure out how to get much out of rookie quarterback Justin Fields, who was supposed to be a lot better than Mitch Trubisky but statistically has been worse.
Everybody’s waiting for the next shoe to drop, and if it doesn’t soon, you can be sure a blogger will report a heel hitting ground.