The Bears have staggered for weeks and now begin a meaningless stretch of six games with no hope for the playoffs. That’s not unusual for this organization over the last three decades, but this epic failure is different.
It’s more than a failure, really. To whatever extent it’s reasonable to call something in sports a crisis, that’s what they’re experiencing at Halas Hall right now.
There’s no bigger disappointment in the NFL than the Bears, who came off an NFC North title as a Super Bowl favorite and rolled into training camp talking dynasty.
Instead, at 4-6 and fresh off another embarrassment, this implosion is the career low for the team’s three most prominent figures: general manager Ryan Pace, coach Matt Nagy and quarterback Mitch Trubisky.