The Bears are known for their stability and consistency, but for all the wrong reasons.
They are consistent — consistently bad and incompetent. They are stable — seemingly stuck in place in mediocrity, and beset with no means to climb out of an ongoing 35-year rut of the infamous “there’s always next year.” While the NFL’s charter franchise has more wins than every other team save for a certain Wisconsin organization, that’s the prospect of longevity more than anything. While they have, on average, almost double the individual Hall of Famers of everyone else, that’s more rooted in (yes, worthwhile) pioneering than any recent success.