5 fears or frustrations Chicago Bears fans will always have

Chicago Bears fans always hope the franchise has solved the quarterback problem, but deep down fear the team never will.

The Chicago Bears have not had a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman retired in 1950. The hope is Fields can finally end the 72-year-old problem this franchise has had at the most important position on a football field.

The Bears have had over 33 quarterbacks start a game since 1992. The rival Green Bay Packers in that period have had Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers as their starting quarterbacks–with a few other names scattered in there when Rodgers had some injuries.

The Bears’ failure to get elite at the quarterback position has been a big reason this franchise has been stuck in the mud for 30 years. Jim McMahon, the last quarterback to win a championship for the Bears, believes the Bears are a franchise where quarterbacks go to die.

Quarterbacks have come in with high hopes only to flounder.

First-round picks were used on Jim Harbaugh, Cade McNown, Rex Grossman, and Mitchell Trubisky. Only Grossman took the Bears to a Super Bowl and he may have been the worst quarterback ever to start in the big game. All four ended up as busts with the Bears.

First-round picks have been traded to acquire Rick Mirer and Cutler. Mirer was a spectacular failure. Cutler holds practically all of the Chicago Bears’ quarterback records. The Bears only made the playoffs once during his tenure in Chicago and lost to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game.

Part of the reason for Cutler’s failure was he threw tons of interceptions. The other part was the Bears never really provided him explosive offensive weapons outside of the 2013 season when he had Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffrey, Matt Forte, and Martellus Bennett. The front office failed to provide a complimentary defense that season.

The Bears used free agency on Erik Kramer, Kordell Stewart, Andy Dalton, and Glennon to see if they could be a good fit at quarterback. Only Kramer had success as he had a record-breaking 1995 season. Then his body started to fail him and he turned out to be just a one-season wonder.

This long line of quarterback failure has Bears fans nervous that Fields is next in line to disappoint. The Chicago faithful have seen a strong-armed, mobile quarterback in Cutler not bring a Super Bowl victory because the offensive line was weak and there was a lack of playmakers.

Fields is a lot faster than Cutler and also for once it does seem he has a coaching staff committed to making sure he has the proper fundamentals to be a great quarterback. Unless Fields is a train wreck, the Bears can upgrade the offense immensely next offseason.