Cleveland team in Week 1, but the Bears are supposed to possess a much better defense, rebuilt in the off-season and directed by supposed legends in Fox and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.

It was Wentz who looked polished, poised and purposeful for the Eagles, though late Monday night, Boomer Esiason on the national radio broadcast of the game asked, “Is Philadelphia this good, or have the Eagles played the two worst teams in the NFL in back-to-back weeks?”

Good question, though being tossed into the same sentence as the Browns has to be a shocking reality check for Fox and GM Ryan Pace, who are already hearing it from the faithful who booed the team off the field at the end of the third and fourth quarters.

“I think our defense matched up pretty well,” Fox said, “but you wouldn’t know it by the score.”

No, and after only one year and two games of a rebuild — of a team that hit rock bottom under Phil Emery and Marc Trestman — Bears fans are nonetheless demanding progress, and through 18 games Pace and Fox have produced six victories.

It’s the first time since the final Dave Wannstedt years that the Bears have started 0-2 in back-to-back seasons.

Fox was advertised as the turnaround specialist, the miracle worker who could find magic in his second year, but that’s not looking like reality in 2016, and the first two picks for Pace and Fox — Kevin White and Leonard Floyd — are doing absolutely nothing to allay fears.

So while Cutler is hurt and Wentz looks like the real deal — a young Ben Roethlisberger, only quicker — the Bears haven’t won at home in nearly a year and have lost 11 of 12 in Chicago dating back to 2014.

The locals have a right to be concerned.

brozner@dailyherald.com

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