The Bears overcame much to win the NFC North and earn the No. 3 seed in the NFC playoffs: new head coach, new offensive system and staff, quarterback in just his second season and playing with an entirely new group of receivers.
The problem, for a franchise that has had consecutive seasons with double-digit wins only once (2005-2006) in the past quarter-century, is that doing it again in 2019 will be more difficult. A lot more.
It’s not the exponentially more difficult first-place schedule that includes six playoff teams (and the Minnesota Vikings), double the three of this season.