It’s hard to pinpoint the lowest moment of a season that saw the Bears start 5-1, then implode with a six-game losing streak. But their thorough humiliation against the Packers on Nov. 29 is as good a nominee as any.
In a nationally televised Sunday night game against their rival, the Bears fell apart almost instantly. The Packers rolled through long touchdown drives on their first three possessions and led 27-3 less than 24 minutes into the game. Anything that happened after that was irrelevant.
“That’s one of those games you just never want to have,” coach Matt Nagy said Monday.
the Bears, who host the Packers in the regular-season finale Sunday, are cruising toward another devastating reminder of how far away they are from contending.
almost nothing has changed for the Packers. That’s problematic.
while the Bears are celebrating Mitch Trubisky’s improvement from awful to adequate, the Packers have arguably the greatest quarterback of all time putting together arguably his greatest season of all time.
Furthermore, he’s catching the Bears’ defense at what appears to be a vulnerable moment. Odd as it is to say, their improved offense has kept them afloat as their defense has struggled. The Bears set what is believed to be a franchise record by allowing seven consecutive quarterbacks to rack up 100-plus passer ratings against them this season. And if guys like Jared Goff and Kirk Cousins can do it, how much scarier is Rodgers?
The Bears aren’t used to depending on their offense, and even with Trubisky’s recent uptick, they don’t have much of a chance if this becomes a shootout. Instead, like always, this will come down to whether they can reasonably contain Rodgers, who has proven mostly uncontainable.