The Chicago Bears will get a chance to take a break and evaluate where they are four games into the season. The team has an early Week 5 bye, but it might come at a perfect time after the up-and-down start in Chicago.

It felt like the Bears experienced a full season in the first four weeks of head coach Ben Johnson’s tenure. After a 0-2 start with tough NFC North losses to the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions , Chicago recovered with a big win over the Dallas Cowboys and a close one at the Las Vegas Raiders .

The Bears practiced twice this week and looked at what worked and what didn’t early. The early bye week also gave some of Chicago’s starters time to heal up.

The bye week is a great chance to take stock of the team. Shaw Local Bears beat reporter Michal Dwojak and No

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