Dan Wiederer: The Chicago Bears were outplayed, outcoached and outclassed by the Green Bay Packers on the Week 1 stage
CHICAGO — OK. Well. Yikes.
That is certainly going to leave a mark.
A season-opening loss to the rival Green Bay Packers? Those Packers? The Rodgers-and-Favre-less and seemingly middle-of-the-road Packers?
In that manner? In that flat and sloppy and-destroyed-at-home fashion?
Whoa.
Whatever that was the Chicago Bears put forth as their Week 1 performance Sunday at Soldier Field best be a one-off, a never-to-be-experienced-again disappointment that is promptly buried and forgotten.
It wasn’t just that the Bears lost their season opener 38-20 to the Packers, it was how poorly they played across the board. They committed costly penalties. They seemed to slumber for long stretches on offense. The defense was gashed for big play after big play in big moments.
The final 45 minutes felt funereal with the home crowd clearing out and the
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