There have been painful losses decided on the final drive. There have been infuriating losses caused by the team self-destructing offensively. There have been embarrassing losses against one-win teams. Arthur Smith’s team has managed to lose in various ways, none of them enjoyable. What they haven’t done is get completely outplayed on both sides of the ball. Even against playoff-bound teams in Detroit and Jacksonville, they held strong defensively in both matchups. That was at least one positive takeaway in both defeats.
There is nothing positive coming out of this loss against Chicago outside of a couple of nice plays.