Entering the 2018 season, the Chicago Bears seemed to like a candidate to mirror the turnaround of the 2017 Los Angeles Rams, however the NFC North didn’t realistically seem up for grabs with the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers seemingly ready to make serious runs.
Yet here we are.
Entering Week 14, new Head Coach Matt Nagy has the Bears sitting atop the division with an 8-4 record, and even the most cynical Bears fans are actually (and justifiably) buying in. The Bears success has been made possible by a combination of Nagy updating the offensive philosophy, the development of QB Mitchell Trubisky, and General Manager Ryan Pace acquiring weapons including outside linebacker Khalil Mack who has helped round the defense into possibly the league’s top unit.