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The Bears are in full-on struggle mode, and it doesn’t matter whether I wear my Mike Ditka Bears jersey or not.

Full-on struggle mode is another way of saying they stink.

It’s tough being a Bears fan, and I can only be thankful that I’m a Bears fan by marriage.

My better half has somehow managed to keep rooting for her team despite it being 36 years since the Super Bowl Shuffle Bears were atop the NFL.

The word aggravation comes to mind.

When you think of each way of losing heartbreakingly, the Bears somehow develop a new way or at least a variant on an old way of losing.

Losing becomes a habit, and franchises lose their swagger.

The city of Chicago deserves better all around and from the top on down.

After watching the Bears for the last ten years, I agree with many fans that nothing short of a complete change in ownership will right the ship.

A turnstile of coaches has not changed anything.

General managers don’t seem to have any relevance either.

The McCaskeys will likely change both head coach and general manager once the season is over.

Changing the head coach, general manager, or both will not help the team.

The Bears lack a multitude of players on both sides of the football.

The offense does not have any real weapons.

Yes, David Montgomery is a solid, hard-running quarterback who also is an underrated pass catcher.

But he can’t singlehandedly carry the team on his back, although he regularly carries players on the opposing team’s defense while running the ball.

Their receivers drop far too many balls, and no one seems able to create separation and catch the ball except ancient tight end Jimmy Graham who does a commendable job still in red-zone situations but is closer to the end of his career than the beginning;

If only head coach Matt Nagy and some of his staff are casualties job-wise, the Bears can expect more of the same.

Good players make good head coaches.

Bad players made legendary New England Patriot head coach Bill Belichick look mortal last year. However, Hall of Fame Quarterback Tom Brady enjoyed yet another Super Bowl Championship courtesy of signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

This year Patriots owner Robert Kraft loosened the purse strings and upgraded the talent on both sides of the football for New England.

Paramount to this Patriot overnight rebuild is the drafting of quarterback Mac Jones.

With the help of Patriot offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and Belichick, Jones has blossomed into the best young quarterback of the draft (including Bears rookie Justin Fields).

Fields is currently injured with cracked ribs and is not playing.

However, he will come back soon and hopefully get enough of a look down the stretch by all Bears front office personnel, including GM Ryan Pace, to determine if he deserves the mantle of Bears franchise quarterback.

Before anything happens, though, the Bears will undoubtedly create more insufferable moments for its long-suffering fan base who watch the continued decay of its once-proud franchise.