The Chicago Bears had another embarrassing Sunday yesterday as the team lost 31-26 to the Detroit Lions. What the final score fails to shed light on is the fact that the Bears were winning 26-14 with 4:15 left in the game.
For all the jokes that have been made at the Lions’ expense throughout the years, it is the Bears that have truly become an embarrassment of an NFL franchise.
That sentiment is not just shared among Bears fans but the team’s former players as well.
Former NFL tight end Martellus Bennett played for the Bears from 2013 through 2015 and did not hold back on social media on Sunday while talking about his former team.
The new Chicago probably lacks all connection with the bears of today. The youth of Chicago favorite team probably isn't even the bears.
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) November 19, 2023
Bennett did not pull his punches and there was nothing incorrect with what he said. Sure, young football fans in Chicago may like Justin Fields but they probably have no connection with this team. The reason for that is that The McCaskey Family constantly has dated practices for the Bears’ football operations.
Bears ownership lacks futurism. The entire business model is built on selling the past. The 85 bears. They're always trying to recreate that old product instead of buying into and producing a new product.
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) November 19, 2023
The fact of the matter is that The McCaskey family does not know how to run a modern-day football organization. The McCaskey Family routinely depends on football dinosaurs to make the important hires of their football structure and it has backed fired with every single hire since the Lovie Smith era.
The owners are ok with losing a game but not the brand built on the past. The bears need an entire rebrand. Top to bottom and they need ownership that is going to transition the organization into the future.
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) November 19, 2023
The hope is that Kevin Warren can usher the Bears into the modern era of the NFL. Up until this point, Warren has yet to make his presence felt regarding the team’s football operations and that is where his input is needed most.
They never protect their players publicly. You can't trust the organization as a player because you can't relate to the leadership, they can't communicate with the youth.
— Martellus Bennett (@MartysaurusRex) November 19, 2023
The Bears are one of the charter franchises of the NFL but lack the leadership or foresight to be a respectable NFL franchise in 2023. The fact that Bennett, who was only with the team for three seasons, can properly diagnose the Bears’ problem while the leadership at Halas Hall is plagued with HR investigation after HR investigation just highlights how this franchise has become.