Should Bears Listen To Tony Dungy?
Certain people carry tremendous cachet on a subject due to the immense success they've had in their careers. When they talk, you listen.
When it comes to building sustained winners in the NFL, Tony Dungy is one of those people.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer went 148-79 during his 13-year coaching career. He helped build up the Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that won the Super Bowl under Jon Gruden. Then he took home the Lombardi Trophy with an Indianapolis Colts team he helped put the finishing touches on around the great Peyton Manning.
Dungy has been in the position head coach Matt Eberflus and the Bears are in, racking up the losses during the foundational period of the rebuild. He understands the thought process that comes during losing streaks and the outside belief that constant losing won't have a long-term impact on the direction of the franchise.
He lost eight of his first nine games during his inaugural season in Tampa. But what happened next paved the way for a quick rise with a roster built around a ferocious defense. Dungy kept building the foundation, believing that winning, even in a year with no playoff hopes, would pay dividends later.
He believes the Bears, who are losers of six in a row and eight of their last nine, should approach the final four games of the 2022 campaign in a similar fashion.
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