Bill Whittington

And is he a trade chip?

Is there anybody out there willing to give you a draft pick to help you clear a broom there?

I don't know, right?

And so this is all going to be fluid here in the next month, month and a half.

And the Bears have to be really serious about what they're trying to get done and then very calculated in how they go do it.

Well, I think you connect the dots with Mike McCarthy going back up to Pittsburgh, and you wonder if there will be some heavy interest there, and if so, whether Al would be ready to roll up there and go rejoin Mike McCarthy in Pittsburgh.

You get some good news today that Declan Doyle is sticking around and pulled himself out of consideration for the Philly offensive coordinator job.

And so now, yeah, like this is part of the puzzle that we're talking about.

You're going to have to figure out where your coach staff is going to need replacements.

And, you know, that's going to sort of really crystallize here probably in the next week.

And then you'll have a better feel for how you're filling in those pieces, because I think, you know, when you look at.

the bears roster as it currently stands development of the players that are on you know rookie deals or guys that you're trying to bring along that's going to be a big part of this puzzle is can you get the most out of those types of guys and the more continuity and stability you have in your coaching staff the better your opportunity to do that is and so it's going to be really interesting to just see how this all all settles when all these uh these musical chairs games are over what's been the most fascinating opening to you whether it's filled or unfilled so far as far as head coaching jobs

I guess my gut instinct would be to say Buffalo just because of how high level their success has been for a long time after a period where they had no success for a long time.

They just have been such a reminder to me over the last month of just how difficult this league is, just how cruel this league can be.

I haven't shaken the image of Josh Allen crying at the podium after that playoff loss as a reminder of like,

Even when you're a league MVP and even when you go win the division a bunch of years in a row and you put yourself in the mix year after year after year, your season often ends in really, really traumatic pain.

And so this is what the Bears have to come face to face with as they go forward and just understanding the difficulty of all this.

I mean, how many times in Chicago have people laughed at the idea that Aaron Rodgers never made it back to a Super Bowl after he won his one?

reminder, it's really, really hard to get back, you know, and so even getting there the first time is going to be a monumental challenge.

And just knowing how difficult this is, that one really kind of stands out to me.