Dan Wiederer: With 1 more stop needed, the Bears defense fails in a bothersome loss to the Eagles
Even after all that mess - after all the silly penalties and all the fundamental failures and a first-half offensive showing that looked like it was being run by the Peanuts crew - the Bears were somehow still alive deep into the fourth quarter Sunday.
A little less than 9 minutes remained at Lincoln Financial Field. A mini-rally was underway. And the Bears, trailing by just five points, had their defense heading back onto the field.
There was life. There was belief. There was the slightest opening for an upset, a potential parachute win that could have slowed the team's free fall.
"We were pumped up on the sideline," safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix said.
