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Packers present opportunity for Bears, Matt Eberflus

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Ah, the Packers. Just what the Bears and Matt Eberflus need.

Or not.

The last time the Bears were wallowing in their own dysfunction with the Packers up next — in 2014 under Marc Trestman — they turned an opportunity for redemption into an ignominious failure so profound that it spelled the end not only for Trestman, but for general manager Phil Emery.

The Bears were 3-5 heading into their bye week in Trestman’s second season after an embarrassing 51-23 loss to the Patriots at Gillette Stadium in which they trailed 38-7 at halftime.