No-shows at Soldier Field another reminder of another bad season.
A round of applause, please, for the thousands of Bears fans who decided not to show up for Sunday’s game at Soldier Field. The reason for their non-attendance could have been winter-related, but more likely it was Bears-related, anger-related and I-can’t-take-any-more-of-this-related. They spoke with their absence: Why support something that doesn’t deserve support? As for the fans who did make an appearance, maybe they were nostalgic for Mike Glennon’s four starts for the Bears in 2017. He and the Giants showed up for the apparent purpose of making the home team feel better about itself. The result was a 29-3 Bears’ victory and a game that had the nutritional value of a Pop Tart. There was some meaning to it, though. Its conclusion meant that this nightmare of a season has only one game left. Coach Matt Nagy would like you to know that his team has fought and cared to the very end, which probably means something somewhere, but not in the standings. The Bears are 6-10, the Giants are 4-12 and thank goodness Sunday is over. The only way for fans to let Bears ownership know of their displeasure is with empty seats. Sunday’s paid attendance was 59,594 (capacity is 61,500), but the team doesn’t announce no-shows. Make no mistake, though: The McCaskeys surely saw all the gaps and winced. Unfortunately, the question isn’t whether the family will fire Nagy — Sunday likely was his last game at Soldier Field as Bears head coach. No, the question is whom the McCaskeys will misidentify this time as head coaching material.
