At no point during Monday night’s game did I let myself truly believe it was in hand.

The thought momentarily occurred to me as the Chicago Bears were up by 11 points, the defense had Minnesota Vikings quarterback JJ McCarthy rattled in his first career start.

But deep inside, I knew 11 points weren’t enough.

Sure enough. Procedure penalty. Holding. Missed field goal.

Quickly followed by a Vikings touchdown. Momentum.

Suddenly, the posts filled my timeline: I’ve seen this game before. I know how this ends. I’ve seen this movie and I don’t like the ending. Here we go again.

I hate it when your gut is right.

Following another brutal, gut-punch of a loss, the Bears have to gather themselves and answer the eternal questions they’ve been answering for 20-some years. Another night that fe

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