The Bears are 3-6 for the fourth time in the last nine years. And the three previous seasons they were 3-6 were marked by a definite pall at Halas Hall, and not just in the media room.
In fact, each of those seasons ended with the head coach getting fired — 2014 (Marc Trestman), 2017 (John Fox) and 2021 (Matt Nagy), when not even Justin Fields’ big second half in a near-upset of the Steelers that dropped the Bears to 3-6 could prevent that death-march feel of dread for the final two months of the season.
