1) The Bears are who we thought they were. This team literally teaches us the Bane lesson from The Dark Knight Rises every season: there can be no true despair without hope. “They got Ben Johnson!” “Look at all these weapons they have on offense, Caleb’s gonna light it up!” “The Lions look cooked, and the Vikings are starting a dude who’s never started an NFL game before!” At this point, wake me up when they’ve won seven games. Then I’ll get excited. Until then, this is me.

2) Good for Justin Fields. I don’t care what team he plays for: I’m gonna root for the guy. And damn it if he didn’t play one of the best games we’ve seen from him in the NFL, especially as a pocket passer. He’ll never be Tom Brady or Peyton Manning back there. But that version of Fields as a thrower mixed with his run

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