With Mike Tice taking the reigns of the Bears offense, the team could soon resemble the Vikings from 2002-05. Tice was Minnesota's head coach over that period and while he wasn't involved in the play-calling, he was involved in the shaping of the system. "Mike was very involved in the offense in Minnesota," Lions offensive coordinator Scott Linehan, who was the Vikings coordinator under Tice. "He was an offensive head coach. I leaned on him heavily. He had lots of very good ideas." In the first three years under Tice, the Vikings ranked second (2002), first (2003) and fourth (2004) in total offense per game, a big-play offense led by quarterback Daunte Culpepper and wide receiver Randy Moss. The Bears have a similar big-play threat at those positions in Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall.