The Chicago Bears entered Week 6 against the Miami Dolphins with one of the most feared defenses in the NFL. They left Hard Rock Stadium missing 19 tackles and giving up 380 yards passing to Brock Osweiler in a 31-28 overtime loss.

According to safety Eddie Jackson, one game won’t change how this defense views itself.

“We know we made mistakes,” Jackson said Tuesday. “That doesn’t kill our confidence. That doesn’t kill our swagger. We know what we’ve got to do. We know what we’ve got to correct. So we come in here, and we’re going to play the Chicago Bears football that we’re used to playing.”

What exactly is Bears football, though?

In Week 1, Chicago’s defense gave away a 20-point lead to the Packers and lost a game they were one Kyle Fuller interception away from winning. Last Sunday, it was much of the same. Can the Bears’ defense close games out?

They proved they can’t in the heat, at least.

“You notice the difference,” Jackson said of the South Florida temperatures. “We never practiced or played a game in that type of environment.

“You’ve got to adjust to different situations. It slowed us down a little bit, but we still should have come out with a win.”

The Bears should actually be 5-0. How different would Week 7’s matchup against the Patriots look if it was an undefeated Bears team versus the NFL’s gold standard franchise?

Maybe it was just a bad week for the Bears. Maybe it’s the start of a downward trend for this defense.

At least, for now, they still have their swagger.

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