It was at about this time two years ago that the Marc Trestman Bears nosed over into a death spiral of five straight losses, turning a 5-6 record (where the John Fox Bears were last season when missed field goals triggered a collapse) into a quagmire that involved players, coaches and ultimately the general manager. The result cost jobs, from the locker room on up.
That meltdown came in spite of a reasonably healthy team that had blown apart in New England and Green Bay but appeared to be coming back together with wins over Minnesota and Tampa Bay.