This was just a good old fashioned ass-whooping.
Where the Bears go from here is entirely up to them. Maybe this kicks them in the butt and they rally around each other, and come out stronger, and figure something out on offense, but maybe the defense has lost some patience with the offense and this whole thing collapses.
The narrative, nationally, has been that the Bears were 5-1 frauds and that this game was coming. The “I-told-you-so” crowd is going to be loud this week, including on our commenting sections here.
The Jason LaConforas of the world are going to be out in full force and it’s already started.