This is ultimately a product of years of bad drafting. The Bears are this year's poster child of trying to buy a team and failing.
I think the Bears actually did well with Willie Young and despite his recent stupidity, Houston. Ratliff has played very well. Jared Allen seems to be a disappointment. But the d-line is much better than it was last year. I believe they thought the defense would be better than it is, but I sincerely doubt they expected it to be top ten. I suspect they were hoping for maybe top 15 in the league. I think that was realistic, and a huge improvement over last year when they were bottom three. The Bears D is ranked 19th by PFF.
Lets look at the drafting. But look at the 2014 draft class:
Fuller
Ferguson
Sutton
Vereen
Fales
Pat O'Donnell
Charles Leno
Every one of these guys made the team, although Fales is on the practice squad. Charles Leon is an OT who hasn't played yet. O'Donnell is ranked 17th as a punter by PFF. But Podlash was rated last in 2013, so that is an improvement, and he is a rookie so the salary is probably cheaper. Vereen is rated 41st at safety, but he is ranked highest of the Bear safeties. Sutton hasn't been all that good, but Ferguson is ranked 41 out of 106 DTs. Fuller is ranked 37th out of 107.
Just the fact that everyone made the team is good. You have 5 of 7 contributing. That is pretty good.
The 2013 class:
Kyle Long
Bostic
Greene
Mills
Cornelius Washington
Marquess Wilson
Long has been very good, probably their best o-lineman this year. Bostic is rated 21 out of 58 at ILB by PFF. Greene hasn't gotten much playing time. Mills started all last year and was decent, and has now moved inside to guard where I think he is better suited. Cornelius Washington is on the roster as a DE, played in two games no stats. Wilson had buzz in the preseason but got hurt. We should see Wilson soon. Again, every member of the draft class is on the roster.
The 2012 draft class:
McClellin
Jeffrey
Brandon Hardin
Evan Rodriguez
Isaiah Frey
Greg McCoy
This one is bad. McClellin is trying to switch to LB. He is currently rated 26 out of 34 at OLB in a 4-3. Jeffrey is struggling this season but was a monster last season. This is where it gets bad. Hardin, Rodriguez, and McCoy are out of the league. Frey got cut and is now with Tampa.
All in all that isn't a bad draft record. 2012 was not good but the other two years are pretty good I think. They haven't produced super stars but as long as guys are on the roster and producing it isn't terrible.
I think he is not talking about the past 2 years.
Take a look at this load of doody from Angelo (there were very few hits):
2005
1 4 Cedric Benson RB Texas
2 39 Mark Bradley WR Oklahoma
4 106 Kyle Orton QB Purdue
5 140 Airese Currie WR Clemson
6 181 Chris Harris DB Louisiana-Monroe
7 220 Rodrigues Wilson LB South Carolina
2006
2 42 Danieal Manning DB Abilene Christian
2 57 Devin Hester DB Miami
3 73 Dusty Dvoracek DL Oklahoma
4 120 Jamar Williams LB Arizona State
5 159 Mark Anderson DE Alabama
6 195 J.D. Runnels RB Oklahoma
6 200 Tyler Reed OG Penn State
2007
1 31 Greg Olsen TE Miami
2 62 Dan Bazuin DE Central Michigan
3 93 Garrett Wolfe RB Northern Illinois
3 94 Michael Okwo LB Stanford
4 130 Josh Beekman OG Boston College
5 167 Kevin Payne DB Louisiana-Monroe
5 168 Corey Graham DB New Hampshire
7 221 Trumaine McBride DB Mississippi
7 241 Aaron Brant OT Iowa State
2008
1 14 Chris Williams OT Vanderbilt
2 44 Matt Forte RB Tulane
3 70 Earl Bennett WR Vanderbilt
3 90 Marcus Harrison DT Arkansas
4 120 Craig Steltz DB Louisiana State
5 142 Zack Bowman DB Nebraska
5 158 Kellen Davis TE Michigan State
7 208 Ervin Baldwin DE Michigan State
7 222 Chester Adams OG Georgia
7 243 Joey LaRocque LB Oregon State
7 247 Kirk Barton OT Ohio State
7 248 Marcus Monk WR Arkansas
2009
3 68 Jarron Gilbert DT San Jose State
3 99 Juaquin Iglesias WR Oklahoma
4 105 Henry Melton DE Texas
4 119 D.J. Moore DB Vanderbilt
5 140 Johnny Knox WR Abilene Christian
5 154 Marcus Freeman LB Ohio State
6 190 Al Afalava DB Oregon State
7 246 Lance Louis OG San Diego State
7 251 Derek Kinder WR Pittsburgh
2010
3 75 Major Wright DB Florida
4 109 Corey Wootton DE Northwestern
5 141 Joshua Moore DB Kansas State
6 181 Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan
7 218 J’Marcus Webb OT West Texas A&M
2011
1 29 Gabe Carimi OT Wisconsin
2 53 Stephen Paea DT Oregon State
3 93 Christopher Conte DB California
5 160 Nathan Enderle QB Idaho
6 195 J.T. Thomas LB West Virginia