In Week 16 of the 2014 season, former coach Marc Trestman benched quarterback Jay Cutler in favor of Jimmy Clausen.



What’s the cliché? Desperate times call for desperate measures.



Trestman was coaching for a job — his job — that he already lost. He just didn’t know it yet.



“This is in the best interest of the team,” Trestman said at the time. “I think we need a lift at quarterback. I think we need a spark.”



After a disastrous 36-25 loss to the Saints at Soldier Field on Sunday, it’s fair to wonder if coach Matt Nagy will start to think the same at any point over the final 10 weeks of the season.



The 2019 Bears haven’t full descended to 2014 levels quite yet. But the Saints’ victory certainly had a 2014 feel to it.



That 2014 season started with lofty aspirations and talk about a Super Bowl, too. And similar to the Bears’ production against the Saints on...