Dan Wiederer: After a 10th straight loss, the Chicago Bears are No. 1 — in the NFL draft. Now the real work begins.
The 103rd season of Chicago Bears football came to an end at 2:57 p.m. Sunday. Mercifully.
Minnesota Vikings 29, Bears 13 at Soldier Field.
That’s it and that’s all.
For those who need an official record of such proceedings, Bears quarterback Justin Fields wasn’t able to play, declared out earlier in the week with what the team said was a hip strain that wasn’t worth messing around with.
Thus Nathan Peterman, who made his last NFL start in October 2018, got into the driver’s seat and led an odd final-game quarterback rotation that also included Tim Boyle, who first walked into the Bears locker room Nov. 30 when they signed him off the Detroit Lions practice squad.
Reread that last sentence a couple of times for a true grasp of where we wound up this season.
Sunday’s finale
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