Did you have a tough time deciphering between the heartbreak and disappointment over the finish of the Rams game while being grateful for the joy ride we experienced during the 2025 Bears season?<\/p>\n
How should we process one of the greatest plays in Bears history when Caleb Williams<\/a> hit Cole Kmet for a miraculous touchdown to tie the game, but moments later, they found a way to lose the game after the Williams\/DJ Moore<\/a> miscommunication? <\/p>\n How will you handle championship Sunday, as we will be Bearless for the first weekend since early October?<\/p>\n This answer is with fondness. <\/p>\n It\u2019s a much different F word than we\u2019ve used to describe the Bears in the past several off-seasons, and I\u2019m thankful for that.<\/p>\n For me, the 2025 Bears season will be remembered for restoring my faith in an organization that I\u2019ve loved since I was a young child. It\u2019s a season that my children could finally brag about their favorite football team. It taught them a life lesson about never quitting \u2013 even when it looks bleak. It\u2019s a season where Bears fans made Soldier Field a true home-field advantage again. It\u2019s a season that will never be replicated. <\/p>\n While I hope there will be better Bears teams going forward, including Super Bowls, we will never witness the number of impossible comebacks. Remember when we thought the Cincinnati game was one of the greatest wins in Bears regular-season history? That\u2019s child\u2019s play now. Caleb upstaged himself week after week. First, the walkoff throw to DJ Moore to beat the Packers in the regular season. Then the throw of the year to Rome Odunze on fourth-and-8 that led to eliminating Green Bay from the postseason. And finally, the throw of the century, when a 14-yard TD pass actually traveled 45 yards in the air to tie the game, and Soldier Field was up for grabs. <\/p>\n This isn\u2019t me just settling for a playoff appearance, but more appreciation of the process that led to substantial progress.<\/p>\n We were conditioned to think that whatever could go wrong, went wrong under Matt Eberflus. In 2025, not only did the Bears reverse the trend to whatever could go right, went right, but even when things could go wrong, they went right. <\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t dumb luck either. Even in losses, the cardiac Bears would make things as interesting as possible, nearly pulling out wins in Green Bay and San Francisco and at home against Detroit.<\/p>\n