The first half of the Bears’ 2016 season ended on an up note in the form of their 20-10 handling of the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings on Monday night. Drawing conclusions from one game is always something of a dice-roll, particularly in a 2-6 year to date.
But there are some bread-crumb trails coming into and out of this game that lead in some interesting directions.
A culture change has taken root
A foundation of John Fox’s mission statement when he arrived in 2015 was to change a losing culture that had taken hold during the Phil Emery-Marc Trestman regime.