It's the most wonderful time of year as summer fades into fall. The smell of fresh-cut grass gives way to the sound of crunching leaves beneath your feet. Tank tops turn into cozy sweaters, beach balls into pumpkins, and the Chicago Bears' championship dreams dissolve into autumn dust.
Their summer of optimism spilled three quarters into the regular season before the Minnesota Vikings crushed them under the Chicago night sky. More specifically, former Green Bay Packers linebacker Eric Wilson sparked the Bears' primetime demise.
The Packers never should've let Wilson leave in free agency, and he immediately proved why.