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Coach Matt Eberflus spent last week calling his team resilient.
The Bears then lost by 20.
Words, then, are cheap. So are team meetings. During Monday’s regular gathering, the Bears coach opened the floor for players to speak. He does that most weeks, but this came with a purpose: a team that lost on a Hail Mary had then been summarily destroyed by a 4-4 Cardinals team, leaving its season teetering.
“At this team meeting, I just felt like it was real,” linebacker T.