These posts tend to get shorter as the year goes by, because at a certain point there’s no more discovery, no more newness to analyze. We found out a few weeks ago where the story of the 2016 Bears was headed, and the last couple games have just been an exercise in following the inevitable story line to its predetermined conclusion.
So this won’t be long. My neurons have long since moved to focus on the basketball season, where Lindsay Gottlieb and Cuonzo Martin have led their charges to a combined 6-0 start. Both teams are at least good and maybe great, and you should be paying attention to them rather than the painful last gasp of the football season.