LAKE FOREST, Ill. — On Thursday, Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getty sat behind the same team-branded table on the same podium in the same room as Marc Trestman, Aaron Cromer, Adam Gaze, Doyle Loggins, Matt Nagy and Bill Lazor. .

There are some differences. The ad and the team logo on the wall behind it are different. There have been changes in media relations staff. Neither Trestman nor Nagy lined up in front of him as a joke in the media room like Getsy does.

But the topic is and always will be the same until proven otherwise: What’s going on with the quarterback?

The Bears have lost 12 straight games since last season. Justin Fields is not playing well. His numbers reflect that. He must feel frustrated. He should have some grievances in the air. A must for everyone.

“Relationship is the key to success,” Getsy said. “I think if you don’t nail it in the beginning and allow that trust to grow, then times that seem chaotic to you (the media) aren’t really chaotic to us. And I think there is a belief.

“There’s a belief in the process and the philosophy and what coach (Matt Eberflus) is trying to accomplish, what (general manager Ryan Bowles) is trying to accomplish, and what we’re trying to do on offense. There’s a trust in that room that I think will shock your world. We believe in it and we stick together, and there’s a brotherhood that we trust in.” “More than anything else.”

The names and faces in the media room have changed over the years. But some of us persist. We’ve heard it all before.

We heard Trestman echo Jay Cutler — even praising his intelligence and the conversations they had about string theory and dimensions (yes, that happened) — even having him bench Jimmy Clausen.

We’ve heard Nagy describe the close relationship he had with Mitch Trubisky until he benched Nick Foles and then benched himself as the Bears’ play-caller Lazor — twice.

We’ve heard Bears offensive coordinators talk about cutting back and simplifying things so their quarterbacks and offense can play faster.

We’ve heard head coaches defend their coordinators’ work even though there are reasons to think differently, from Trestman sticking with Kromer to Nagy eventually firing Mark Helfrich after two seasons.

We saw players wearing T-shirts in the locker room that said “Dugout” on the front and “No Fuss” on the back, trying to get around each other amid a media frenzy.

So it was no surprise that Fields had to say what he said Wednesday at Halas Hall about his overthinking of the stadium and where the Bears practiced there. He then tried to walk back his comments later in the locker room after practice.

But it’s too late.

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Getsy said Fields came to him after the midfielder’s second interaction with the media on Wednesday. But now it’s time to take a page out of Trubisky’s book and turn off all the TVs in Halas Hall because this isn’t going away anytime soon. (Yes, I know that was a sarcastic comment from Trubisky.)

This is what bears are for.

That’s what bears do.

“I can’t be clearer than this: No one in the entire building, no one of our coaches sees Justin as an indicator at all,” Poles said Thursday. “This kid always takes ownership of anything that happens on the field. He takes it head on. He’s working, grinding, getting his head down, working with his teammates, working with his coaches to find solutions. Really, everything is trying to figure out what’s going on.”

“In my opinion, you have a young quarterback trying to figure it out. You have a guy who hasn’t had the cleanest start to his career, and last year, with the roster, he had to put the team on his back, do some unbelievable things athletically.”

“Now, he has talent around him and he has to know and balance when to do those great things athletically, and when to rely on others, and sometimes that’s a gray place to live. And that takes time. It takes a long time for him to be able to take the next step, and everyone is on board.” They help him get to this place so he can be successful.

It’s only week three, which might be the craziest part of all of this. There’s plenty of time to click on Fields and Getsy. This is still a successful season for them, Eberflus and the Poles.

But if Fields fails as a starting quarterback, it’s not his fault — and it’s not Getsy’s fault. Neither Eberflus nor the Poles nor their duo should be blamed. If Fields fails, it’s another organizational failure for a team with a track record of destroying quarterbacks.

This is Lovie Smith being fired after a 10-6 season. That’s Cutler staying with six offensive coordinators: Ron Turner, Mike Martz, Mike Tice, Trestman/Kromer, Gase and Loggins.

This leads to the firing of general manager Phil Emery less than a year after he was allowed to sign Cutler to a massive contract extension that included the guaranteed money carried over to the Ryan Pace era.

This is trading Pace and drafting Trubisky without the blessing of head coach John Fox.

This allows Pace and Nagy to trade and draft Fields in 2021 only to be fired after Fields’ rookie season.

This is what bears are for.

That’s what bears do.

They find ways to destroy quarterbacks.

Only once, under President George McCaskey, were three important people in a football organization — the general manager, the head coach and the quarterback — united as one. It was in 2021 when Field was drafted.

But it’s too late.

A lot of damage had been done in the years before the fields were chosen – and more came after.

He’s a survivor Fields sat behind Foles and Andy Dalton for an entire training camp, only to start it in Week 3 against a talented Browns defense with an enforced game plan that resulted in nine sacks and just six pass completions.

Then those who drafted Fields and put him through a rebuilding season under Poles that saw the Bears trade away their best players on defense are fired.

It was a late dismantling that needed to happen for the team. As the Poles said, Fields “put the team on his back.” But he still had to learn a new offense under a new coordinator in his second season while throwing to Equanimeous St. Louis receivers. Brown, Dante Pettis, Byron Pringle and eventually Chase Claypool.

Fields has been sacked 101 times in less than three seasons.

This is what bears are for.

That’s what bears do.

This is a mess.

They don’t develop quarterbacks.

So it’s good to hear Fields speak for himself. He should do it again after playing for the Chiefs and all season long.

Fields could be next in line if his play doesn’t improve. And at this point, after 12 straight losses, it seems as if he knows it.

(Photo: Michael Reeves/Getty Images)

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