Chris Tabor’s Bears special teams unit honors his mentor

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty ImagesIt seemed as if was only yesterday when the Bears were plowing through the NFC. A three-game win streak capped by a suffocation of the Vikings had Chicago riding high and expecting greatness. They were a contender. They were going places, maybe even South Florida. This was a tight-knit team to be feared. Unfortunately this is the NFL, and nothing lasts forever in the NFL (unless you have access to Tom Brady’s $19.99 Lazarus Pits, of course).

On offense, the Bears can’t do anything right. When they manage to create a successful play, or heaven forbid string together two consecutive moderate gains, pro football’s No. 25 offense by DVOA sputters with the…