CHICAGO — The New Orleans Saints have now lost the last eight games they’ve played when Dennis Allen was on the field.

Seven of those came last year, when Allen was head coach of the Saints before being fired.

The eighth came Sunday in Allen’s first season as defensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears.

If you think you were unhappy this time a year ago with what Allen was doing WITH the Saints, you had to feel downright miserable Sunday watching what he did TO the Saints.

When this one was all said and done, the Soldier Field scoreboard read “Bears 26, Saints 14.” But really it wasn’t that close, thanks to Allen’s defense delivering an early knockout and adding to the misery of the team he coached past 2½ seasons.

On paper, this seemed like a winnable game for the Saints, which proba

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