The Chicago Bears are 7-2, have won four straight games, and head into their bye week as legitimate Super Bowl contenders.
Still, Sunday night's 27-24 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers left an empty feeling that will linger until Chicago takes the field again in Week 11.
Chicago committed five turnovers, surrendered a 14-point lead and needed a last-second Cairo Santos field goal to escape Soldier Field with a win. It was the kind of performance that felt eerily similar to Bears teams of the past; the ones that would find a way to lose a game that they controlled for nearly four quarters.
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