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Nick Shepkowski

Bears vs. Saints: 5 numbers that tell the story

It wasn’t like the Bears had the backing of a nation entering Sunday’s NFC Wild Card game in New Orleans as the blue and orange were the biggest underdogs in the league this weekend, but that doesn’t make the end result any prettier.

The Bears fell in New Orleans 21-9 as the 2020 season officially came to an end after being extended a week only because of the NFL expanding the postseason to seven teams in each conference, up from the six it had been since 1990.

Here are five numbers that told the story from Sunday’s season-ending defeat in The Big Easy.

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