Even though Cole Kmet’s comment that the Bears were in “playoff mode” prior to the Lions game seemed absurd, if the Bears can win on Sunday, they will have a real chance to win because they have home games against the Cardinals (3-10) and Falcons (6-7) coming up.
When tight end Cole Kmet said the Bears were in “playoff mode” heading into last week’s game against the Lions, it probably drew more snickers than anything. The Bears had won two games out of three, but were 5-21 before that.
And even Kmet, a lifelong Bears fan who grew up in Barrington and Arlington Heights, knows that the notion of the Bears being in “playoff mode” was an in-house thing more than a civic cause. So even after the Bears convincingly beat the NFC North-leading Lions 28-13 last Sunday at Soldier Field, Kmet noticed an uptick in public enthusiasm for the Bears, but a tenuous uptick at that.
“Yeah, but it’s always week-to-week,” Kmet said. “You go lay a dud this weekend and it’s back to chaos and all that stuff. You win and it’s like, ‘Oh, my god — Bears are back. Let’s throw a parade.’
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