Good morning. One last time.
A season that started in a way few expected, never got quite right, and leaves the Bears with far more questions than answers ends today.
The Packers clinched the division and play for a first-round bye. The Vikings are locked in at the 6-seed. The Bears, meanwhile, still have a chance to stumble and bumble their way to an 8-8 record behind a still-decent defense and Sideshow-Bob-surrounded-by-rakes offense.
Yeah, that’s less inspiring than I hoped it would sound.
We’ll have an entire offseason to talk about the moves to be made, players added, coaches added, the same cut or fired, and the important question of “Are the right guys in place to bring this whatever-it-is back?