The NFL wrapped its 100th season with Super Bowl LIV, where the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-20.
The Chiefs ended their 50-year Super Bowl drought with the victory, which left me thinking about what the Bears must do in order to end their 34-year Super Bowl drought.
Here are five things that need to happen if the Bears hope to win a Super Bowl:
1. Stabilize the quarterback position
If there’s something you can take away from the most recent previous Super Bowl winners, it’s that they’ve all had solid quarterbacks. While there have been teams in the past that have won in spite of their quarterback and led by a dominant defense, recent history suggests that you need a quarterback to win.
Which might be a problem for the Bears, who have the opposite of stability at the quarterback position. Chicago remains committed to Mitchell Trubisky as their starting quarterback heading into 2020, but there’s no doubt they’re going to bring in veteran competition and maybe even a young QB through the NFL Draft.
One thing is certain, the Bears cannot waste their championship-caliber defense any longer. Fix the quarterback position, whether that’s improved play from Trubisky or a new QB under center.