Hovering around or at .500 can be one of the more confusing experiences in the NFL. You’re either not good enough to hang with the true contenders, or you’re not terrible enough to acquire meaningful, top-end talent in the draft. Sitting at .500 is a crossroads of sorts in that you can convince yourself the smallest of changes will lead to meaningful January football. That, or an epiphany can manifest in a complete (and worthwhile) teardown.
At 16-16 over the last two seasons, no one recently epitomizes the No Man’s Land of .500 football better than the Bears.