Chicago Bears insider details why team wants Mike McCarthy

Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune explained why the Bears’ front office wants to hear from McCarthy. McCarthy’s 11 postseason wins are something Chicago hasn’t seen in 60 years.

“Let’s talk about the playoff success,” Biggs said on 670 The Score‘s “Mully and Haugh Show.” “Mike McCarthy, 11 playoff wins in his career. If you guys want to do a little exercise and count the last 11 times the Bears have won a postseason game, that would take you all the way back to Wrigley Field in the 1963 championship game, a 14-10 victory over the Giants.

“That’s why when you get these new people that come through Halas Hall and they talk about the rich tradition of the organization, you know, I wonder if they are really clued into how mediocre it’s been for the last, say, 60 years anyway.”

Biggs thinks McCarthy has proved he runs a smooth operation during his two stints as a head coach with the Packers and Cowboys. As a playcaller for Dallas the last two seasons, McCarthy has been active in game planning and wouldn’t be a disconnected CEO coach.

McCarthy wants to beat the Packers

Biggs thinks McCarthy has one skillset that will be intriguing to chairman George McCaskey. McCarthy has beaten the Bears 19 times and knows the NFC North. More importantly, McCarthy will be extra motivated to beat the Packers.

“(McCarthy) knows the division,” Biggs said. “He’s going to be supremely motivated, I think, to beat the Packers. That right there ought to make him a very viable candidate for George McCasky anyway, right? Like, that’s George’s vision and goal every day is to find a way to beat the Packers.”

The fan base might not be sold, but the front office could be after Wednesday.