Brad Biggs: Let’s label the Chicago Bears-Pittsburgh Steelers game in Week 9 what it is — a must-win
Matt Nagy did his best early this week to sidestep the idea that Monday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers is a must-win affair.
He has talked about remaining in the present as a mantra for this season dating to the start of training camp, when he borrowed from what Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo said.
“When you focus on the past, that’s your ego,” Antetokounmpo said. “And when I focus on the future, it’s my pride. … And I like to focus in the moment, in the present. And that’s humility.”
You don’t have to peer into the future to determine if this Chicago Bears season will be in trouble if they lose to the Steelers. They enter having lost three consecutive games, and another defeat would mark the third straight season with a losing streak of four games or more. Conversely, the Steelers have won three in a row after opening 1-3.
Entering Week 9, the Bears are only one game back in the win column from the
