The Chicago Bears seem to be trapped in a time loop of adeptly creating a strong front seven coordinated by an excellent defensive mind, yet being completely unable to put together a functioning offense outside of an occasional above average running back. The greatest Bears quarterback of the last three decades is a walking punchline starring in his wife’s reality show, and even when the team does something right, it’s usually undone by a dozen poor decisions that undercut everything else.
The Bears probably won’t be as embarrassing this season as they were in 2017, most of their off-season moves make a good deal of sense, and they are due for a positive regression on the injury front, but there are still big problems on this team and improvements to the rest of the NFC North will leave them in the dust once again.