The curse of the Billy Goat left the Chicago Cubs in 2016, but seemingly has come back.

The White Sox had the worst record in baseball history this past season, The Bulls seem to come up short every year, and the Blackhawks haven’t made the playoffs since Covid.

The Chicago Bears were the topic of the year in the off-season. They made major changes in the front office and made big moves in free agency.

Those all call for prep for a big year out of the monsters of the midway, but their prized possession was first overall pick, Caleb Williams. Williams was a former Heisman winner and a highly sought first overall pick the year prior if he didn’t choose to stay a year in college.

As a Bears Fan, I was in major prep for a big year that would hopefully end in our rookie quarterback raising the Lombardi Trophy with the city of Chicago chanting his name for miles and miles around. We have seen the opposite of my dream during this season.

I love those little stats when it comes to sports. One of them being “If the halftime score was the final of each game, this team’s record would be”; if this was true for the Bears, their record wouldn’t change.

The constant improvement out of the rookie Quarterback was evident this year. I believe this Chicago team has potential to turn around with their weapons. They were able to provide so many talented players for Williams to throw to, but who would be protecting Williams.

The defense is not the problem for Chicago, but it is mainly the offense.

I choose to support this team, year after year, because I have hope. Maybe if this team had the hope I do, then they would be in the playoffs, but better luck next year.