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It's an ESPN+ article so I won't post the whole thing, don't wanna get the site in trouble, but here is the Bears portion. The only team that finished above them was the Colts with an A+
Chicago Bears
Re-grade: A- | Offseason grade: B-
Coach Matt Nagy was still unproven, and the Bears had not yet added Khalil Mack when the original grades were published.
Positive initial returns on Nagy and Mack drive up the grade in combination with a 2018 draft class that netted linebacker Roquan Smith (122 tackles), guard James Daniels (10 starts) and receiver Anthony Miller (33 receptions, 423 yards, seven touchdowns) among the top 51 choices. The Bears' handling of the Kyle Fuller situation -- using the transition tag and then matching Green Bay's offer -- offset a questionable investment in receiver Taylor Gabriel.
While the Mack move, made Sept. 1, changed expectations for the Bears, that move alone does not account for the gains Chicago made. Nagy's ability to make the offense respectable was a big part of the turnaround.