Angelo Lays Out Plan for Defense

The Chicago Bears have always prided themselves on their stellar defense, but their rankings for the 2008 season were not nearly as high as years past, especially not against the pass, where they ranked near the bottom. Surprisingly, it was the offense that stepped up and impressed, keeping the Bears in many games.

The Bears general manager Jerry Angelo knows that fans expect more from the defense, and recently said, “Two things—attitude and coaching. I think both of those things could get our defense back and going and being a very good defense. Do we want to infuse it with more talent? Yes, we do, and we’re going to be looking at some positions to do that. But I certainly feel like we have a pretty good nucleus and there’s no reason to believe that we can’t play good defense this year and be the defense maybe not that we were a few years ago but certainly be a more consistent defense and a more opportunistic defense.”

To help with the revamp, the Bears hired Rod Marinelli for the 2009 season, and they will likely add a defensive end through the draft. See how the Bears do next season with Chicago Bears tickets from StubHub.com.

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