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Dan Wiederer: After a questionable coaching decision and a shaky game-ending kick, the Bears' latest loss leaves Chicago in a state of disbelief

CHICAGO - In the hour after the Bears once again crushed a city's hope, in the hour after remote controls were thrown into walls and beer cans tossed out of living room windows and adults went to tend to their Sunday yard work dropping four-letter words faster than the trees were dropping leaves - and credible sources tell the Tribune all these things happened - Matt Nagy was left to answer for the grisly wreck.

The Bears coach was left to answer for a 17-16 loss to the Chargers at Soldier Field, the team's third straight defeat and maybe its most dizzying yet. Most specifically, Nagy was left to answer for his debatable decision to take a knee with 43 seconds left rather than running a play or maybe two to improve the

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