It looked like a normal Tuesday inside Halas Hall, with a half-dozen or so players scattered around a quiet locker room, stopping only to check their phones or grab a snack before heading into treatment. It felt like anything but a normal Tuesday inside Halas Hall, though, when they chatted with media for the first time since the immediate aftermath of the 21-13 loss to Green Bay that ended the Bears’ playoff hopes.
“We want to continue to show that we’re a better team than what we put out there this year,” center Cody Whitehair said. “Obviously we haven’t played up to the expectations this year, so just to come out here and end the year on a positive note.