Four consecutive last-place finishes be damned — there is a Bears bandwagon starting to fill up for the 2018 season.



In a league known for parity, the Bears’ recent ineptitude is impressive — eight consecutive seasons without a postseason berth. In a league in which going from the division basement to a division title is commonplace, prognosticators try to figure out which team will do it in 2018, and national writers are glomming onto the Bears.



Maybe a worst-to-first is a bit ridiculous considering the Bears play in a division with the Packers, Vikings and Lions, but thanks to the 2017 Eagles and Rams, the Bears are becoming the sexy wild-card contender pick.



The similarities are obvious. The excitement about Mitch Trubisky inside Halas Hall is palpable, even if question marks galore remain for the second-year QB. The free-agent additions and a sensible selection of Roquan Smith have added to the intrigue.



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