Dan Wiederer: ‘You can see where this is going.’ The Chicago Bears finished an eventful 2023 with a hope-inspiring blowout
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And the ball dropped — from the hands of tackled Atlanta Falcons running back Tyler Allgeier to the wet grass on Soldier Field.
That was it, the final moment of Sunday’s 37-17 Chicago Bears victory, putting the punctuation on the final game of a wildly eventful calendar year for the franchise.
Satisfying? One-thousand percent. Especially for all these Bears who haven’t had many wins this convincing or many surges of success that have generated so much confidence.
The Bears have now won five of their past seven games.
Sunday’s triumph marked their fifth consecutive victory at home.
This is now a feisty football team that is proving capable of taking care of “should win” games.
That’s why, in a jubilant home locker room on New Year’s Eve, there was a celebratory cloud of cigar smoke lingering and a shared energy that the dark days for the team are gone.
“We’re celebrating New Year’s. And a victory,” safety Eddie Jackson said. “It means a lot
