Hot Take Tuesday: We are thisclose, you can feel it

Do you smell it in the air?

It’s almost tangible at this point.

The Chicago Bears are close. They are really close.

The Chicago Bears are thisclose to putting it all together.

Let’s look at what we’ve seen this season. We’ve seen the Chicago Bears defense step up, like they did for about 55 of 60 minutes of the game against the New Orleans Saints.

We’ve seen the offensive line come together. With that, we’ve seen the running game starting to churn the way a Ben Johnson running game should churn.

We’ve seen Caleb Williams play lights out in a game. We’ve seen Caleb Williams come up big when it matters.

We’ve seen moments where the Bears avoided making mistakes, and we’ve seen moments where the Bears took advantage of their opponents’ mistakes. We’ve seen the Bears overcome poor offic