Gimme him: One person from the Patriots organization to put on Bears
The Chicago Bears (4-4) will look to snap their two-game losing streak when they return back to Chicago on Sunday as they welcome the New England Patriots. Currently undefeated at home, the Bears are hoping to get back to their winning ways against a Patriots team that is currently in the beginning of their own respective rebuild, led by rookie quarterback Drake Maye, who was the third overall pick in this year's NFL Draft.
Coming into this game, there won't be as many talking points between the matchup of rookie quarterbacks in Maye and Caleb Williams, but it's still worth noting how these teams are coming together. After a three-game winning streak, the Bears have lost their last two games coming off their bye week, with more questions coming up than answers.
With both teams looking to build themselves back up to a level of respectable contender, this week's version of 'Gimme Him' looks at a person who would change the entire culture of the Bears franchise. This week, we're not looking at the Patriots roster, which on paper seems to have a lot more holes on it compared to the Bears, but we'll take a look at ownership.
This week, if we could take anyone from the Patriots organization, it's the owner of the team, Robert Kraft.
Yes, the Bears are a historical franchise, ran by the McCaskeys, specifically Virginia, who took over the team in 1983 after George Halas passed away. The unfortunate reality is, since Virginia has been at the top, there's been two Super Bowl appearances by the Bears, with the lone win coming back in 1985, one of the league's most historical teams.
Nowadays, the Bears have become more of a laughing stock than a legendary tale of one of the NFL's first franchises. They have long had a horrible history of quarterbacks, which has hurt most recently as the league is carried by the premier passers in the new age of football. Simply put, it is easier for critics to find mistakes the Bears have made looking for a franchise quarterback, rather than find who has ever been able to represent this team at the quarterback position.
Sure, the Patriots have been bad since Tom Brady's departure, but they don't seem to have the same drama of inconsistency and future plans. There was never going to be the perfect replacement for Brady, and the organization understood that and welcomed the down years as they looked to find their answer in the draft process. The team also wasn't going to be carried by Bill Belichick through a rebuild and didn't take long to find his successor in former Patriots player, Jerod Mayo as their next head coach.
The decisions that the Bears have long struggled to make throughout their history, the Patriots made with Kraft leading the way. Time will tell about the team's draft choices, but there was no accepting mediocrity in this organization, they moved quickly to get their next pieces in place.
With so many calls for Matt Eberflus' job after the past two weeks of embarrassing losses, the rebuttal has been that the Bears have never fired a head coach in the middle of the season. That's an accurate statement, but it's also a telling sign that this team is willing to accept embarrassment, they're willing to allow a coach who is 0-18 on the road in three years continue what he's doing, and they're willing to leave their fanbase disappointed.
Even with both teams respectively in similar positions, it wouldn't be a reach to say that the Patriots are in a much better position to get back to the playoffs before the Bears, because Robert Kraft is willing to make necessary changes.
This article originally appeared on Bears Wire: Gimme him: One person from the Patriots organization to put on Bears