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The Bears won 11 games during the regular season, finished first in the NFC North, beat the Packers not once but — hello, playoff football at Soldier Field — twice.
We got to know and appreciate rookie coach Ben Johnson. We marveled at the repeated heroics of quarterback Caleb Williams, sometimes mere hours or even minutes after bemoaning his imperfections. We wondered where the defense was, but then — bam! — the next turnover arrived, right on time.
We had fun, didn’t we? But the fun is over.