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Chicago Tribune
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Dan Wiederer

Dan Wiederer: Frozen fingers. Fluttering footballs. Frustrating failures. Bears’ 8th consecutive loss was their worst yet.

CHICAGO — As Chicago Bears players attempted to thaw out inside the home locker room after Saturday afternoon’s 35-13 loss to the Buffalo Bills, they tried to describe the extreme conditions they had endured for the previous three-plus hours.

The kickoff temperature at Soldier Field: 9 degrees. With a windchill of minus-12.

“Freezing,” tight end Cole Kmet said. “That was the coldest game I’ve ever played in.”

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