Bears coach Marc Trestman said after Thursday’s loss to the Lions that the blame belongs with him.
“It starts with me. I’m looking inside and accepting accountability for this loss, obviously. We just couldn’t get it done today and didn’t have enough ammunition,” Trestman said.
The Bears have been a major disappointment this season, leading to talk in Chicago that Trestman should be fired. That seems unlikely, given that Trestman is in just his second season and showed promise in his first, but Trestman knows that the results this season have not been good enough.
“It was extremely disappointing,” Trestman said of the loss to the Lions. “We just didn’t play well. That’s the bottom line. We didn’t play well enough offensively, we didn’t play well enough defensively to win this game.”
Now the Bears have to regroup for a three-game homestand against the Cowboys, Saints and Lions. The Bears are out of realistic playoff contention, but if they win a game or two in this homestand, they can be playoff spoilers. And Trestman can save his job.
