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The Bears and coach Matt Eberflus were on the brink almost immediately last season. All their talk about taking the next step, eying the playoffs and the rebuild being near completion quieted quickly after getting blown out at home by the Packers to kick off an 0-4 start.
It was alarming, and Eberflus was under fire constantly. His team looked totally unprepared against the Packers, totally unreliable against the Buccaneers and totally inept against the Chiefs before a total meltdown against the Broncos.