At 3-6, these Bears have something to rebuild on

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Bears guard Cody Whitehair (65) celebrates a touchdown with quarterback Justin Fields (1) in the second half of the Bears’ 35-32 loss to the Dolphins last Sunday at Soldier Field.The Bears are 3-6 for the fourth time in the last nine years. And the three previous seasons they were 3-6 were marked by a definite pall at Halas Hall, and not just in the media room.

In fact, each of those seasons ended with the head coach getting fired — 2014 (Marc Trestman), 2017 (John Fox) and 2021 (Matt Nagy), when not even Justin Fields’ big second half in a near-upset of the Steelers that dropped the Bears to 3-6 could prevent that death-march feel of dread for the final two months of the…