Last season was not only a battle of attrition that the Bears ultimately lost, but also an extremely frustrating one. Everyone was anticipating great things and how that offense would look with all the incredible weapons they had. Then suddenly one by one their top weapons all either were lost completely for significant time, or they played hurt and ineffectively. Some like Alshon Jeffery did both.
No player left a void bigger than Alshon Jeffery. In and out of the lineup, and/or playing hurt and less than 100% the Bears offense suffered, and lost their one true star who can dictate coverage and open things up.