How Chicago Bears versus Packers tells us everything about a season
2019: Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers
Unfortunately, in the same fashion that the 2018 games showed everything right in Chicago, the 2019 games magnified everything that was wrong for this team.
Even more, unfortunately, the first 2019 performance against Green Bay was an all-too accurate rendition of what this team was all about. In 60 minutes, Mitchell Trubisky and his offense were only able to put seven points on the scoreboard. For a defense that was still among the best in the league, that wasn’t enough to keep up with. The Packers scored just 10 points in the matchup, but the game felt out of reach for a while.
By the time the second matchup came around, Chicago players, fans, and coaches already knew the fate of this team. This wasn’t the Super Bowl-hopeful squad that we saw a year before, this was a team that needed improvements in every facet of the game. The game would end 21-13, and once again, Chicago felt like they were never really in the game. It was clear who was the better team on this day.
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And this brings us to the present day. In 2020, Chicago will be hoping for a bounce-back year, while the Packers will be hoping that an insecure Aaron Rodgers can perform with his backup on the roster. Keep these two matchups marked on your calendar, as they’ll be displaying much more than a single series.