for the first time since the early ’70s. If there’s a third http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-mike-singletary-jersey , major changes could be made to the football operation.So the latest major change to the football operation — new coach Vic Fangio — knows that he’ll need to succeed soon. And also that he’ll need to succeed later. Which makes for a not-so-easy balance when it comes to whether Fangio will be patient.“That’s a difficult question,” Fangio recently told Woody Paige of the . “If I say I’m not going to be patient, you and everybody else will think I’m going to make some knee-jerk short-term decisions that won’t have long-term benefits. What we’ve got to do, I believe, is let’s go out there and evaluate this team, find out where we need help. Make some good choices for the future, not just for today, if I’m making sense. I’m not looking to go 4-12 or 5-11, thinking that we’re rebuilding. But we must realize that two years from now, three years, that what we did in the 2019 season was why we are at that point.”What needs to be done Womens Dick Butkus Jersey , then?“We have to establish a work ethic in the players here and work very hard in the acquisitions of players,” Fangio said. “Here’s what happened to the Bears before I got there. What they were doing was putting Band-Aids on every little problem, hoping they would be a good team the next year. By the time we got there, they sucked. They were old, no young talent, no nothing. I’ve coached on two expansions teams in Carolina and with the Texans, and our roster on defense when I was hired was worse than those expansion team defenses.“We can’t let that happen here. We can’t do everything to just get to 8-8 now and be 3-13 in 2021. Does that mean that we won’t get a veteran in free agency that will help us for a year or two? We can do that. But we can’t go and throw a bunch of [stuff] against the wall and hope it sticks.”It sounds like Fangio will hope to build through the draft, and to supplement the roster with free agents, ideally those who are available at discount rates after the first wave of the spending process. Ultimately, however, what Fangio wants won’t matter; John Elway runs the team William Perry Jersey , and he knows that time is running out.Thus, while Fangio may be preaching patience, Elway may be swinging for the fences. Or, at a minimum, hoping to hit a ground-rule double. It was ugly. It was gut wrenching. And it was, ultimately, a win for Chicago.A 16-14 victory at Denver on Sunday has the Bears breathing a little easier, and they can thank their dominant defense and kicker, of all people, for that."What we saw yesterday was a team that was very resilient," coach Matt Nagy said on Monday.The Bears came into the season with soaring expectations after winning the NFC North in Nagy's first year and making the playoffs for the first time since 2010.The defense so far has looked good http://www.thebearslockerroom.com/authentic-mike-ditka-jersey , containing Aaron Rodgers and the rival Green Bay Packers in a 10-3 loss at Soldier Field to open the NFL's 100th season, and delivering another solid effort against Denver. New kicker Eddy Pineiro came through on Sunday, booting the winner on the final play.But if the Bears are going to make a deep playoff run, they need more from an offense that has struggled through two games. Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky is having a difficult time, and that has to turn around.The Bears at least avoided an 0-2 hole that would have cast a cloud over a team with soaring expectations.WHAT'S WORKINGThe defense continues to rank among the league's best under new coordinator Chuck Pagano after Vic Fangio left to take the head coaching job in Denver.The Monsters of the Midway ranked fourth overall through Sunday, and were two off the NFL lead with seven sacks.The Bears turned in a solid effort against Denver after holding Green Bay in check. Yes, the Bears gave up 372 yards and 27 first downs to the Broncos, and they appeared to lose steam down the stretch on a hot day in the high altitude. But they gave up just one touchdown.WHAT NEEDS HELPThe Bears expect to make a big jump on offense in their second season under Nagy. So far, it's not happening.Chicago ranked 30th on offense through Sunday and has just one touchdown through two games — a 1-yard run by rookie David Montgomery in the third quarter against the Broncos."We know we need to be better," Nagy said. "As the season goes on, we really feel like — and we have an amount of trust in ourselves — that we as coaches and we as an offense will get going here. We feel really good that when we do get this thing going Womens Richard Dent Jersey , it's going to be a lot of fun."STOCK UPThe Bears can maybe breathe a little easier when they send out their kicker.Pineiro made all three attempts against the Broncos, including a 53-yarder to end the game. He also connected from 40 and 52 yards, after Nagy opted in the opener to try for a first down on fourth-and-10 rather than attempt a 51-yard field goal.Chicago ultimately went with Pineiro — 4 for 4 on the season — after bringing in a long line of kickers in the offseason to replace the embattled Cody Parkey.STOCK DOWNThe Bears began the season looking for bigger things from quarterback Mitchell Trubisky in his third year in the league and second in Nagy's system. But he was erratic against Green Bay and no better against Denver, throwing for 120 yards on 16-of-27 passing. To be fair, he has faced two tough defenses. And facing Von Miller and Bradley Chubb was not going to be an easy task, particularly with Fangio now scheming against Chicago.INJUREDNagy said the Bears were still determining the extent of the hand injury that knocked defensive tackle Bilal Nichols out of the game. He does not expect Nichols to go on injured reserve.KEY NUMBER29 — The Bears ran 29 times for 153 yards against Denver, compared to 15 carries for 46 yards against Green Bay.NEXT STEPSTrubisky and the offense will try to get in gear when the Bears visit the Washington Redskins on Monday night.