Bears head coach Lovie Smith and offensive coordinator Ron Turner have similar ways of ignoring the increased speculation about their job security. "Minnesota is enough to keep you occupied," Smith said. "You have to stay focused on the task at hand. Any team that is 4-6 right now, they're (getting asked) questions about what's going on on the football field. But things like that really don't affect what's going on. Our day is the same. We're trying to get better each day. We have a big game coming up this week. The focus is just on that." Turner has taken a lot of the flak for an offense that has turned the ball over too much and failed to take advantage of red-zone opportunities but he has a readily accessible diversion. "I just look at Minnesota film," Turner said. "I put that film on. I'm not going to think about anything else but Minnesota, and that's where all of my energy and all of my focus has to go. (It's about) how can we get our team better? (We have to) get our guys to perform at a high level consistently and do what they're supposed to do consistently." Asked if he was concerned about job security, Turner said: "I'm concerned about Minnesota. I'm concerned about playing well and doing what we have to do to win this game. We still have a lot of games left. We win this game, hopefully that can get some momentum going. Really, honestly, that's all I'm concerned about right now."
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