Calliope time in Chi

 So, buddy, you think you've got problems?

At least your address isn't Halas Hall.

Where, yesterday, the Chicago Bears defensive coordinator (Alan Williams) was AWOL for awhile, and then, upon surfacing, resigned two games into the season.

Where, also yesterday, the franchise quarterback who's looking more and more like another franchise mistake said he's getting information overload from the coaches and he needs to just clear his head and go back to being who he is.

Where the Bears are 0-2 and saddled with lousy fashion sense to boot, given that orange clown suit they wore last weekend.

But, hey, it could be worse. They could be playing the Chiefs in Arrowhead on Sunday.

Oh ... wait ...

Yikes. What a mess. It's like someone decided to make "Cocaine Bear II: The Mauling Of Matt Eberflus."

Who's the head coach of the Bears, of course, but maybe not for long. His DC has seen enough. His QB1, Justin Fields, is essentially saying "Screw this game plan stuff, I'm gonna tuck it and run." And the very week the DC quits, the Bears have to figure out how to stop Patrick Mahomes.

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't be surprised if Eberflus didn't call shotgun and ride off into the sunset with Alan Williams.

Fields is getting a fair amount of heat for throwing the Bears coaching staff under the bus, but like most such narratives that one's being overblown, If you listen to what he said yesterday, it sounds like he's blaming himself as much as anyone for not being able to process what's being thrown at him. Hence the talk about needing to get back to being who he is,

He has a point, frankly. To the Blob's untrained eye, it looks like the Bears are trying too hard to make a traditional pocket QB out of him, when that's not his game. The designed runs with which Fields had initial success have virtually disappeared from the Bears offense. Those need to come back, at least to an extent. As Fields says, they need to let him be him.

In the meantime, dial up some circus calliope music and listen to it. No soundtrack for these Bears is complete without it.