The latest Chicago Bears loss is a significant blow

The Chicago Bears had a double-digit lead on the Detroit Lions with 4:15 left in the game and somehow found a way to lose.

The Lions scored 17 unanswered points to rally back for a 31-26 victory at Ford Field.

The Bears have yet to win back-to-back games while Matt Eberflus has been in charge of the team. They have gone 0-9 against the NFC North since he was hired as head coach. They are bad at winning with him in charge.

That is not exactly a recipe to take the North and never give it back.

In a game where the Chicago Bears were not expected to beat the Lions, this defeat turned out to hurt the most.

Maybe it was because the Bears lost in a manner that had never happened before.

It stings because the head coach turtled when he should have gone for the jugular. Eberflus chose to settle for field goals in the second half instead of going for touchdowns.

You cannot do that against an offense that averages over 27 points a game.

The moment the Bears kicked a field goal to go up 26-14, Lions quarterback Jared Goff knew they still had a chance to win.

The quarterback who had thrown three interceptions, and it should have been five had cornerback Jaylon Johnson been able to catch the ball, was still confident he could rally back because Eberflus did not go for the kill.

Goff played like garbage and still found a way to win a game. Ouch!

Losing to the Green Bay Packers to start the season was tough. Helping Travis Kelce impress Taylor Swift in Kansas City was not fun. Blowing a double-digit lead at home in the fourth quarter to the Denver Broncos hurt a lot (especially since they were struggling badly at the time).

Somehow the Chicago Bears found a way to top the Broncos’ defeat.

This constant finding new ways to lose games just flat-out hurts you in the privates. Making it even more awful was it happened to a division rival.

The Bears found a way to play with house money and somehow found a way to go broke.

Justin Fields returned after missing four games with a dislocated thumb injury. He played well in what has become a seven-game prove-it tour.

The offensive line was not bad, D.J. Moore had 96 yards and a touchdown, Montez Sweat got a sack, and the defense forced four turnovers.

You do not lose a game when everything is going well like that. They lost to the Lions in a way that the Lions used to lose.

Detroit used to be the little brother of this division, but not anymore. Instead, the Chicago Bears have replaced them in that metaphor.

Maybe it hurts more because we keep seeing this team keep finding creative ways to lose with this head coach and he is still employed.