Bears’ GM not quick to panic after the poor start

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles spoke before the media on Thursday and he commented on the bizarre start of the season after two losses and the resignation of defensive coordinator Alan Williams.

“To hit it straight on, we have adversity right now. Slow start, 0-2, not where you want to be,” Poles told reporters. “We’ve dealt with life issues, we’ve dealt with injuries and that’s all real and that’s a part of what we do and what we’ve got to deal with. The beautiful thing about our philosophy here, our organization is we’re solution-oriented. We work together to find these solutions and solve our problems to get everything back on track.

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“To make it really, really clear, I know the outside noise, but no one in our building is panicking, no one is flinching at any situations. Not our owner, not our president, not our head coach, not myself, none of our players — everyone’s focused on solving the issues that we have so that we can be a better football team.

“Sometimes you have these (problems) and you’ve got to fight through it and figure out how you can be a better football team.”