The pain was both literal and figurative as the Chicago Bears continue to suffer an inordinate amount of injuries and under-perform in several key statistical areas. Two weeks of the season does not define a team. The “first quarter” is a time frame that is typically more predictive of how a team will perform through the course of a season so starting 0-2 typically means mediocrity at best.
Most NFL teams are similar in talent with a few really good teams and a few really bad teams. Think of it as a bell-shaped statistical curve. Most games are won and lost in the fourth quarter which made game one particularly disappointing; no let’s call it troubling.