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Rod Marinelli would be a huge upgrade over Bob Babich and early signs are pointing towards this likely becoming reality.

Marinelli is free now, fired Monday after his Detroit Lions became the first team in NFL history to go belly up at 0-16. Smith declined to discuss the issue in any kind of depth Monday but Marinelli's agent Frank Bauer told the Sun-Times: ``It would make a lot of sense.''

Angelo seems to agree. He echoed Bauer's thoughts and made it clear he wants Marinelli on board. Whether he would come at the expense of current defensive coordinator Bob Babich, no one knows. Angelo wasn't glowing in his assessment of the defense, and line coach Brick Haley is expected to come under fire.

"I think the world of Rod Marinelli,'' Angelo said. ``I would love to have Rod Marinelli on our staff and I think Lovie would say the same thing. He's a great football coach. Anytime you get a chance to get a great coach or great player, you're not going to sit here and say that you wouldn't consider him or you wouldn't work a way to do that. But again, that's premature, the answer to your question about Rod because I do know Rod. I think Rod is a very good coach and he'll be a great addition to any staff.''

WCG says that having Marinelli on board in any capacity is a good thing.  If he comes on in some sort of quality assurance role, defensive coordinator or a position coach.  Marinelli was Lovie Smith's original choice for the defensive coordinator back when he took the reigns.

Seeing how the Bears are running the offense through Forte, I'm beginning to get a little worried that he's going to hit that "rookie wall" a lot earlier than most other rookies.  I know he's the best thing we have going for us on offense right now, but how much longer can he keep it up?  Maybe they should try and work Kevin Jones in a little bit more.  I know this requires other people to step up and become a viable option on offense, so hopefully, (I can't believe I'm saying this) Brandon Llyod can do that.