Why The NFL Was Quietly Pulling For Chicago Bears To Reach Super Bowl

It was hard not to feel like the air went out of the NFL playoffs after the Chicago Bears were eliminated. Over the previous three months, the team had become must-watch television because nobody was entirely sure what would happen. They’d become the comeback kids, somehow pulling off wild rallies every week. Both of their playoff games featured insane twists and turns. After falling in overtime to the Los Angeles Rams, the buzz around the postseason seemed to fade. None of the four remaining teams seemed to capture the national imagination.