Hub Arkush: Are this year’s Bears really that different from last year’s?

Bears linebackers Aaron Lynch (left) and Khalil Mack celebrate Mack's sack and forced fumble during their game against the Giants at Soldier Field in Chicago. — Mark Busch - mbusch@shawmedia.comLAKE FOREST – The greatest irony of all the gloom and doom surrounding the Chicago Bears 2019 season from a significant portion of fans is they are basically two or three plays away from being exactly where they were last year.

With 6:01 to play in the game in London they led the Raiders, 21-17, and had the Raiders punting on fourth-and-6 from their own 7-yard line. If Kevin Pierre-Louis doesn’t run into the kicker, the Bears get the ball at no worse than midfield and arguably put the game away.