For the third time in the past four weeks the Bears are preparing to host an opponent with a past that has involved key individuals in the Bears’ present and future. The NFL may be a business but sometimes it gets personal.
Last month it was the Denver Broncos, the team that John Fox coached and took to four straight playoffs, until they decided after last season that they could do nicely without him.
Last week it was the San Francisco 49ers, the team whose defenses Vic Fangio took to near-championship heights, until they decided that defensive line coach Jim Tomsula would be a more worthy successor to Jim Harbaugh than Fangio, the man Tomsula worked under, or Adam Gase.