Are the Bears who we thought they were? We’re about to find out.

After starting 0-2, Chicago has won eight of nine games. They’re the unlikely, for now, first-place team in the NFC North, at 8-3.

Everything changes today.

The Bears had a convincing win against the Cowboys in Week 3, 21-14. After that, the Bears accomplished a pair of 25-24 escapes against the Raiders and Commanders. Both games could have been, and arguably should have been, lost.

They handled the Saints (it felt closer than 26-14) before losing by 14 to the Ravens in their last game without Lamar Jackson. After that, the Bears staged four straight come-from-behind wins against the Bengals, Giants, Vikings, and Steelers. It wasn’t exactly murderer’s row.

Something much closer to murderer’s row is now here. The Bears pl

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