Mike Tice will remain the playcaller of the Chicago Bears.

With the offensive line struggling of late, it has been suggested that Tice focus on improving that unit.

"There's no consideration at all on that," Lovie Smith said. "I don't know where you [the media] got that from. I doubt if Mike really said that but if he did, I can stop that right now. That's not part of it at all.

" Mike works with the offensive line quite a bit with [offensive line coach] Tim Holt. We need to do a better job with it, like we all need to do a better job. Beyond that it's just business as we've been doing."