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LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Their offence is underperforming. Their defence is not delivering. Their coach is coming under criticism, too.No matter how ugly things look at the moment, general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman insist the Chicago Bears can turn around their season.It will take quite a shift.The Bears are 3-5 with a bye this week after brutal losses to Miami and New England, and they are fading fast in a season in which they were eyeing a run to the playoffs.Jay Cutler still is making questionable decisions at inopportune times. An offence that ranked among the best in franchise history in Trestmans first season has been a disappointment in Year 2. The rebuilt defence hasnt delivered the way the Bears hoped. Special teams are struggling, and Trestmans grip on the locker room is in question.Im not going to play self-defence here, Trestman said. But if you look at how the team has responded to adversity after Buffalo, into our next game against San Francisco, after (the loss at Carolina) into Atlanta, I think they have continued to respond for us, for themselves, as much as anything. Were on a two-game slide, theres no doubt about it. Were not comfortable with the way weve played. Coming out of Atlanta, we thought we were headed in the right direction.I think this team is strong internally, I think theyve got great heart, he continued. I think theyll come back ready to go on Monday.Exactly where are they going, though?The Bears are staggering after dropping four of five. They are 0-3 at home and in danger of missing the playoffs for the seventh time in eight years. Its not like the schedule is taking an easier turn, either.When they come back, they will be staring at Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in Green Bay. After that, they will still have two games left against Detroit and one each against Dallas and New Orleans.The past two games were nothing short of abysmal. As if falling to Miami at Soldier Field, with Brandon Marshall yelling in the locker room afterward, wasnt bad enough, Chicago got rolled by Tom Brady and the Patriots 51-23 at New England last week.The Bears have shown some resolve, bouncing back from a season-opening loss to Buffalo by beating San Francisco and the New York Jets on the road. They also won at Atlanta before this slide, but its not just the losses that are alarming. There are big questions about the teams leadership and mindset.Whether it was Lance Briggs missing practice to open a barbecue restaurant near his hometown of Sacramento, California, in the week leading up to the opener, or Marshall yelling in the locker room after the Dolphins game, the cracks were already hard to ignore.LaMarr Houston added another one in the closing minutes against New England when he celebrated a sack against a backup quarterback. One of the Bears top off-season acquisitions, he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.If Trestman was angry about Marshalls blowup or Houstons celebration, he didnt show it in public.I think Marc is fully in control of this team, chairman George McCaskey told Comcast SportsNet Chicago. Just because a player isnt called out publicly doesnt mean the issue isnt being addressed. The players know that Marcs got their back, and anything that needs to be addressed with a player will be done behind closed doors.What has played out on the field hasnt been pretty.Five-time Pro Bowl defensive end Jared Allen has just 1 1-2 sacks after signing a four-year deal that guaranteed $15.5 million. His string of seven straight seasons in double digits with Kansas City and Minnesota is in jeopardy.Marshall has been slowed by an ankle injury after signing a three-year extension. Cutler still is committing head-scratching turnovers, whether hes throwing across his body for an interception against Buffalo or attempting a two-handed chest pass that resulted in a fumble against New England.Emery acknowledged concerns about Cutlers fundamentals and decisions dating to his days at Vanderbilt. He says some of that was brought on by a lack of talent surrounding him. But the past two years, hes been working with an offence-minded head coach, two Pro Bowl receivers in Marshall and Alshon Jeffery, a productive tight end (Martellus Bennett) and a solid line.Have I seen improvement in the last two years? Emery said. Yes, I have. Because I know where we were at two years ago, and I know how many sacks he took, how much pressure and hits that he played through, and how he tried to overcome that group that was in front of him and how he tried to compensate. I think hes bought all the way in in terms of heres whats important, heres the concepts that were trying to accomplish.We still have some time to go, we still have some things we have to clean up.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL Nike Air Max 90 Schweiz . - Wesley Matthews got a chance to practice his bow-and-arrow 3-point celebration on Sunday night. Air Max Billig Kaufen . Jeff Green and Jordan Crawford each scored 19 points, Bass added 15 points and had a game-saving block in the closing seconds Saturday, and the Celtics held on for a 103-100 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. https://www.schuheshopschweiz.ch/. With the results, North America claimed 2.5 of the three available points, opening up a 17.5-12.5 lead in the overall standings. A total of 60 points are available, meaning the first team to 30.5 points will win the Continental Cup. Schuhe Shop Schweiz .Fucale will not only be one of the local boys, he is also a Montreal Canadiens draft pick and will have a huge cheering section when Canada opens the tournament Dec. Nike Air Max 97 Billig . LOUIS -- David Ross never expected to be on a World Series podium.Scotland defence coach Matt Taylor says incoming boss Gregor Townsend should follow the blueprint of predecessor Vern Cotter. Glasgow coach Townsend takes over from the Kiwi next summer after the SRU confirmed Cotters contract would not be renewed at the conclusion of the 2017 Six Nations.Taylor works closely with both men - assisting Townsend at Glasgow while also helping Cotter prepare the Dark Blues - and believes the latter has put Scotland on the path to success Im lucky enough that Im in the Scotland set-up under Vern but also work with Gregor at Glasgow, said Australian-born Taylor who will remain Townsends No 2 with the national side.There hasnt been a formal plan drawn up [to ensure a smooth transition] but I know Gregor is on the phone to Vern a lot and they talk about different things. Vern Cotter will bow out at the end of the 2017 Six Nations I report back to Gregor too and tell him what were doing here in the Scotland camp and how were doing it. He recently said to me to make a note of anything that works well so we can continue with it going forward.Gregor is very detailed in his coaching so he is very conscious of things that work well and things that can be improved on. I would imagine he is only thinking about making small adaptations rather than wholesale changes.He will want to put his own spin on things as all new coaches do but hed be crazy to change everything, because were doing reasonably well. So there will be things that change, but also things that stay the same. Matt Taylor will join Townsend in the Scotland set-up next year Townsend could be left with a nasty hangover of the Cotter era, however, should Scotland lose out to Argentina on Saturday.ddddddddddddScotland - ranked ninth in the world, one place behind the Pumas - can overtake them with a win at Murrayfield. Defeat, however, could have a knock-on effect for their World Cup seeding hopes.The draw for Japan 2019 takes place next May and governing body World Rugby will use the rankings to calculate the seeding for the pool stage. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price If Scotland end up outside the top eight, they face the daunting prospect of having to overcome two major nations to make the quarter-finals.But Taylor said: We have talked about winning and the processes we need to win, but we havent said we need to win because of our ranking. We know in the back of our minds its important but so is winning every Test match.Youre right to say this game has more importance in that sense but does that add pressure by saying that to the players? Were not preparing any less but of course we understand it. Were just looking to win first and foremost. 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