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On Thursday night, the Chicago Bears were featured on national TV against the Seattle Seahawks. (Thanks for nothing, CBA!) It was their final nationally televised game of the season, and it went even more poorly than their unwatched local games.

It seems like every time the Bears have appeared in front of a large audience, they find new ways to lose. Thursday’s game was no different unfortunately, as Chicago lost in a painful game 6-3. That’s right – a whopping three field goals were the most excitement that could be mustered.

With a little over two minutes remaining, Chicago had a chance to tie the game. This is where the nightmare turned into sleep paralysis. First off, there was major second-guessing as to whether they wanted to punt the ball away on fourth down or go for it.

Interim head coach Thomas Brown had initially pulled the offense off the field. The crowd booed the decision. Brown then had to waste a timeout to change his mind and send the offense back on the field.

Remarkably, quarterback Caleb Williams completed an insane pass to DJ Moore to keep the chains moving. Check it out. It seemed they really could have a chance to do something.

Time was ticking. With a minute to go, Williams then completed another great throw on third and 14 to fellow rookie receiver Rome Odunze. They were in Seahawks territory at the 40 yard line.

Inexplicably however, the Bears let the clock continue to run. They took their second timeout with less than 30 seconds left and after not getting any yards to get into field goal range, it came to a fourth down where Williams was intercepted. The fan reaction was… something to behold.

Fans were loudly chanting “sell the team!!!” and had paper bags over their heads. The loss to the Seahawks marked their 10th in a row since they hilariously lost on a Hail Mary to the Commanders. Before that, they were 4-2.

Yikes.

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Unfortunately, this is not the first time the Bears have had late game clock management issues.

Late Game Mishaps

Besides Fail Mary 2, the Bears have suffered from collapse more than once this year.

In week 11 against the Green Bay Packers, Chicago had put together a strong drive to perhaps win the game. They unfortunately let the clock run all the way instead of opting to get more yards and get a closer field goal attempt. Just watch and see what happened next. Green Bay would squeeze out the win, 20-19. The Bears losing streak would extend to five at that point.

Lastly but certainly not least, there was the Thanksgiving Day fiasco. Against the Detroit Lions, the Bears trailed by three with two minutes to go and once again were marching down the field to give themselves a chance to tie, if not win the game outright.

Without giving too much away, a wild sequence unfolded after that. They had two timeouts and did not use either of them and they ran out of time. Chicago would lose yet another one possession game, 23-20.

And so the Bears prove it out time and again. Their mediocrity and humiliation are just as sure as death and taxes.