Chicago Bears: 3 Vital statistics for 2019 season

In 2018, the Chicago Bears won the NFC North after finishing last in the division each of the previous four seasons. What are the key numbers for this team?

It’s been quite a rebuilding job for general manager Ryan Pace and the Chicago Bears. Back in 2010, the club was one home victory in the NFC title game from the franchise’s third Super Bowl appearance. But a team led by head coach Lovie Smith came up short against the visiting Green Bay Packers, 21-14.

Until this past season, that was the last time the team from the Windy City had appeared in a postseason game. In 2018, new sideline leader Matt Nagy guided a club that had finished last in the NFC North four straight years to a 12-4 record and a division title.

Pace has more than done his part in recent years, from being aggressive in free agency to moving up in the 2017 NFL draft to take quarterback Mitch Trubisky to last August’s mega-deal with the Oakland Raiders that netted defensive star Khalil Mack.

But now the stakes are much higher for this club and all the pieces appear to be in place for a team looking for make its first appearance in the Big Game since 2006. And given the way the Bears performed against the rest of the division this past season (5-1), the defending NFC North champions appear primed to defend that title despite a lot of work by the Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.

Of course, it certainly won’t be easy. But what statistics stand out the most when it comes to Nagy’s club and the Chicago Bears’ chances of repeating as division champions (and perhaps more) for the first time since the 2005 and 2006 seasons?