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The Bears are so bad Mike Ditka is turning off their games

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James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It’s one thing to be bad, another entirely to be so bad that one of your legends and biggest proponents is turning off games. It’s official: the Chicago Bears have lost Mike Ditka.

I’ll tell you what, I watched until it was 14-0, then I turned the game off. I didn’t watch any more. So, I don’t know what happened. I don’t know how bad it got or didn’t get. I didn’t pay any attention to it.

Ditka spoke to the Chicago Sun Times about the state of the team and where the Bears go from here. It’s not a pretty picture.

Maybe I’m different, but I’d be awfully mad right now. I’d be awfully pissed off right now if I was one of those players and I’d let people know about it. If I thought I was out there doing my best and knew other people weren’t, I’d say something about it. Then again, I don’t know who is doing their best.

It’s clear he still cares, but that loyalty is waning.

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