Bears outplayed and overmatched by the Chiefs, but let’s keep it positive!

David Banks-USA TODAY SportsAs a Chicago Bears’ fans, that 26 to 3 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs was one of the most painful games I’ve ever experienced. Forget about the obvious Patrick Mahomes vs. Mitchell Trubisky narrative that I was expecting, and forget about the Andy Reid vs. Matt Nagy coach-off that I fully expected to go in favor of the teacher, but did NBC really need to mention the double-doink several times to remind us that the championship “window” for Nagy’s Bears was slammed shut in that wildcard playoff loss?

We didn’t know it at the time, but with the benefit of hindsight, it now appears that the 12-4, NFC North Champion Chicago Bears was a fluke, and unless Nagy and his…