The 2023 Chicago Bears just can’t help themselves, can they?
In the last few days alone, we’ve seen a Justin Fields “coaching” comment controversy, the general manager saying the team isn’t “panicking” in Week 3, the defensive coordinator resign, and even D.J. Moore admitting the team’s offense isn’t using him properly while mic’d-up. All of this is stacked on top of a disappointing 0-2 start where the Bears have resembled the worst team in professional football.
On Thursday, safety Jaquan Brisker may have fanned the Bears’ raging flames with some strange social media activity. The second-year player “liked” a post on Twitter that featured a Stephen A. Smith quote calling the Chicago organization “trash.” Note: This is the same Brisker who practically begged Bears fans not to boo the team after another loss to the hated Green Bay Packers.
I doubt we’ll ever know Brisker’s intent here — does he agree with Smith, or is he just using it as motivation? — but he had to know that people would see what he liked on a public platform.
The last thing the Bears could afford right now is more dysfunction.
Brisker appears to be one of the team’s leaders, but even seemingly tiny incidents like this will create more unnecessary questions for a group trying to pull itself out of a tailspin.
UPDATE: According to Nicholas Moreano of CHGO, Brisker clarified his Twitter like by saying he was indeed using the Stephen A. Smith quote as motivation:
#Bears safety Jaquan Brisker on why he liked this tweet:
"I just really love the noise. Love everything about it. Just favorited that tweet just so I could remember exactly what they said. Stephen A. said. They're going to swallow their words pretty soon, so that's the reason… pic.twitter.com/fZu7yzPi76
— Nicholas Moreano (@NicholasMoreano) September 21, 2023