Bad Defense Reflects Poorly on Babich

Where the Chicago Bears failed miserably against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday is the area that used to be the Bears’ strength: the defense. The weakness brings to question coach Lovie Smith’s choice to replace defensive coordinator Ron Rivera with his friend Bob Babich. Babich said after the game, “It’s been a very disappointing couple weeks,” Babich said. “It’s been an up-and-down season as we go along here. [But] we have good football players, guys that have a lot of pride and play with a lot of pride. We’ve just got to make sure to get it corrected. We’re still in first place in the division. For us, we’ve got to play good defense to win. Any time you give up as many yards and as many points as we gave up [against the Packers], you don’t give your team a chance to win.”

The failures of Babich are not just reflecting poorly on his own abilities, but also on Smith. Media around Chicago have been attacking both, making a change after this season seem nearly inevitable. Of course, that is what many fans thought about Rex Grossman after the 2006 season, but he was still made the starter for another season. Get your Chicago Bears tickets at StubHub.com.

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