It took four years for the Bears to build an ideal modern defense with Vic Fangio. Four years to not only accumulate special talent like Khalil Mack, Eddie Jackson, Roquan Smith, and Akiem Hicks, but coax the absolute best out of it. Then, after the Bears finally retook their rightful mantel as pro football’s premier defense in 2018, the mastermind behind their operation in Fangio was gone to the Denver Broncos faster than you can say, “head coach.”
In came the worries of established continuity withering away what the Bears had accomplished defensively.