Dan Wiederer

You know, Russell Wilson had the Seahawks in the playoffs every single year.

If you're signing up for that existence from a quarterback at QB1, like auto-subscribe, auto-renew, you know, just keep it going for as long as it'll possibly go.

Absolutely.

Good stuff there from Robert Sala, now the head coach of the Tennessee Titans.

Another thing, Dan, that you and I have spoken about constantly before this season, during this season, and after this season is sustained success.

It was a great year last year, but what might have the Bears general manager, Ryan Poles, have to say about the idea of, hey, go to the playoffs two years in a row.

Is that possible, Mr. Poles?

Yeah, I mean, this is a theme that you and I are going to hammer on, right, for the next several months and even beyond.

And so, look, we understand the history of this organization.

We understand that it's way back in the 80s was the last time they had three consecutive winning seasons.

And so trying to figure that out is something that Ryan Poles is responsible for and all the coaches and players as well.

But here's what the general manager had to say on that very topic.

Your riddle for the Bears is how do you sustain a season like last year?

What did you see from last year that gives you the most belief that, okay, the momentum is very real?

Yeah, I would say the conversations we had with the guys at the end of the season just in terms of their feedback and how the year went.

But what I'm looking for is just kind of the hunger to get back to it and the hunger to –

pick up where we left off.

I think there's good awareness so the guys know they can't just show up and it just happens.

I think Ben's did a great job just in terms of a leader maintaining, like, this is a new year and we've got to get back to work.

But you see this hunger from this young group of guys that want to string, you know, year after year after year together.