This week, the Chicago Bears come into town to take on the Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. The teams share a few superficial characteristics—they’re both breaking in new coaches, for example. They also have both spent a 1st-round pick on their QB of the future in the past two drafts, and they’ve both recently traded for elite—and expensive—pass rushers.
But the similarities end there, as these are team teams heading in completely opposite directions. The Bears are on the upswing, with an innovative young head coach in Matt Nagy and an ascendant young QB in Mitchell Trubisky, who they have surrounded by exciting playmakers at every skill position (Jordan Howard/Tarik Cohen at RB, Allen Robinson II/Anthony Miller at WR, Trey Burton at TE).