’Tis the season of mixed feelings if you’re a Bears fan.
Football seasons are hard to settle into. The NFL has done a good job of making the sport a 12-month event. Seventeen games in a season throw off the balance we seek in basketball, hockey or baseball. Those sports have real ebb and flow. That’s not the case with football. It puts us on edge. The games feel urgent, and, in every season, there’s a team that comes from nowhere to be a real factor in the postseason. That parity allows every fan base to dream big when the schedule arrives.
