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Ryan Poles’ slow first step leaves Bears in uncertainty

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Bears head coach Matt Eberflus (right) talks with Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell (left) after the Vikings beat the Bears 29-13 on Sunday at Soldier Field.

It started with a house-cleaning and ended with a surrender. There’s a fine line between a white flag and a red one.

The 2022 Bears season could go down as one of the best bad seasons in franchise history — a necessary first step of a much-needed rebuild. Or maybe just another misstep by a storied NFL franchise wracked by dysfunction for most of the 30 seasons since the end of the Mike Ditka era.