The Bears have considered themselves finishers and fighters this season, though recent events have put a bit of the lie to that self-assessment. But a more pressing concern might be that the Bears too often have failed to be “starters,” falling behind even lesser opponents and then needing to reach epic levels to achieve a comeback that arguably shouldn’t have been necessary with max effort from the start of games.
That has been a recipe for failure for the 2015 Bears.
“I don’t know that we’ve had any slower starts than finishes,” coach John Fox said. “We’ve just got to play better, in particularly in crunch time.