The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
As a corporation team, the Decatur, Illinois-based A. E. Staley food starch firm was responsible for founding the club, which was originally known as the Decatur Staleys. This was how most of the early professional football franchises got their start.
In 1919, the squad competed without any outside assistance and ended up capturing the Central Illinois Championship. In the year 1920, the corporation decided to recruit George Halas and Edward “Dutch” Sternaman to manage the team.
The Decatur Staleys played in the American Professional Football Association (which would be renamed the National Football League (NFL) in 1922) for the first time in the 1920 season. This was their first regular season after the league was established.
In 1921, Halas and Sternaman were given complete authority over the club they were managing. Since Halas took over the team in 1920, the year it became a charter member of the NFL, the official team records and league records both credit him as the team’s creator.
What happened to the Chicago Bears?
The Chicago Bears are much worse because they began last season with a 5-1 lead before going on a downward spiral in October and November as is tradition.
Now that the team has lost four in a row, it’s clear that the remainder of the season will be devoted to the growth of Justin Fields.
Having a defense that falters late in every game and an offense that has only just begun to find its footing with less than half the schedule left will not help a club make a late-season postseason push.
When the Bears went into a tailspin this season, they might have easily avoided it if they had made better decisions. Of course, we’re talking about Matt Nagy and Ryan Pace here.