It wasn’t a pretty win, but it was a win nonetheless.
The Bears beat the Giants 19-14, thanks to 16 third-quarter points, to improve the team to 5-6 on the season.
Per FiveThirtyEight, Chicago is holding onto playoff hope, with a one-percent chance to make it.
The 8-3 Vikings have a three-game lead on the Bears, but Chicago has the tiebreaker from its Week 4 win over Minnesota. The two will meet up again in Week 17.
The Bears also play the Lions, Cowboys, Packers and Chiefs to close out the season. Not exactly an easy stretch.
With the Bears likely to miss the playoffs, there are a lot of questions to answer this offseason in Chicago.
This is a team that finished 12-4 in 2018, looking like one of the teams of the future in the NFC. Not so fast.
The struggles of Mitch Trubisky have become too much for the Bears to overcome. The 2017 No. 2 pick is averaging just 5.6 yards per attempt this season. He’s had trouble throwing to the left side of the field. When you take away half the field for a defense, things become a bit easier.
It wouldn’t be much of a surprise if Trubisky was replaced this offseason (Ryan Tannehill, anyone?), which would likely extend coach Matt Nagy’s time in Chicago as well.
