No offseason for Bears as coaches begin assessment period

SportsTalk Live: Are Bears favorites to landing Garoppolo?So now that the Bears' staff is more than a week removed from its Senior Bowl experience, and now that the Super Bowl and the latest Patriots parade is over, what now? The NFL, for the most part, is off the radar for the next three weeks until coaches and executives gather in Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine.

But Super Bowl XX champion Bear Tom Thayer says while news cycle will slow down, it might be the most important time for teams throughout the league, including the Bears, to zero in on the strengths, weakness, and ceilings of the players they have. That while also ramping up whom they'll pursue when free agency begins March…