Bears

Bears president Kevin Warren said the organization will address the on-field product next week at the conclusion of the season.

“As we’ve said all along, we just continually will stay focused on finishing the season strong, take a big-picture, methodical look at everything,” Warren said, via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. “I’m looking forward to heading to Green Bay tomorrow. Hopefully the team can keep playing well.”

Bears addressed speculation on whether he believes he will return or not.

“Expect is a word of expectation,” he said. “That’s a word that belongs in to the future, right? I would say that we’re going to have those meetings. I welcome those meetings during the course of the next few days after the game, early part of next week and we’ll have those meetings at the appropriate time. And right now, we’re focused on this game. I feel really good about where this team is,” he said. “This team is on the rise. I feel really good about the second half of the season with where the whole football team is going right now and I love the camaraderie, the relationships that we built and you can certainly see the progress. So yeah, I feel good about it.”

Warren did add that he’s pleased with the direction of where the team is currently headed.

“I’m very pleased with the energy of our team, and it’s not only on game day,” Warren said. “It’s around the practice facility, around Halas Hall. Just the energy. You all see it in the locker room. Guys are playing hard, they’re competing and so we’ll continually just build forward as a franchise. I’m just really energized as a franchise of where we are, with what we have going on with the stadium, what we have going on internally, just building our brand and what we have going on with our football team.”

• When asked about Bears HC Matt Eberflus’ future with the team, president Kevin Warren said they are focused on finishing this season and then will take a “methodical look” at how to move forward: “As we’ve said all along, we just continually will stay focused on finishing the season strong, take a big picture, methodical look at everything. I’m looking forward to heading to Green Bay tomorrow. Hopefully the team can keep playing well,” via Courtney Cronin. 
• As for the current state of the Bears, Warren responded he’s been pleased with the energy around the locker room: “I’m very pleased with the energy of our team, and it’s not only on game day. It’s around the practice facility, around Halas Hall. Just the energy. You all see it in the locker room. Guys are playing hard, they’re competing and so we’ll continually just build forward as a franchise. I’m just really energized as a franchise of where we are, with what we have going on with the stadium, what we have going on internally, just building our brand and what we have going on with our football team.” (Cronin)
• Bears DT Justin Jones was fined $10,927 for unnecessary roughness.

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