CHICAGO — Haha Clinton-Dix stands at his locker, clipping on a stack of diamond bracelets. He pulls on a black hoodie with the words BLAZING FORCE printed on the front, in orange and blue neon colors. The sweatshirt is a stylish Alexander McQueen x Moncler design, but the Bears safety laughs when a reporter points out it’s a fitting description of the Bears defense, which stymied the Vikings’ powerful run game and sacked Kirk Cousins six times for 51 yards.
“Ha!” Clinton-Dix shouts in a high-pitch voice. “This is just quarter one. We’re moving on to quarter two, and we’ve got some things we need to work on to get better as a unit.