What we learned during Week 14 of the 2022 NFL season: Recap, analysis and highlights -

If Bears fans, players, coaches and front-office members want to let their minds wander, to dream big about what’s possible, they’ll get an up-close look at the ultimate best-case scenarios over the next two weeks.

The Eagles and Bills are coming to town.

Sure, the Bears will be heavy underdogs in these back-to-back games against MVP candidate quarterbacks and star-laden rosters. But they can also learn a thing or two. They can see what’s possible with a quarterback as athletically gifted as Justin Fields and a franchise brimming with cap space and draft capital.

Josh Allen is the unicorn. To start a career the way he did (10 touchdowns, 12 interceptions, 52.8 percent completion rate and a passer rating of 67.9 as a rookie) and become one of the league’s premier passers is unheard of.

Jalen Hurts didn’t have the draft cachet of Allen or Fields as a second-rounder. He had 22 touchdown passes and 13 picks through his first 19 starts, and he completed less than 60 percent of his passes. This season, he has a 20-3 touchdown-to-interception ratio and 686 rushing yards for the Eagles (12-1).

Fields hasn’t had as dramatic an improvement in passing from his rookie year to now, but his passer rating is up 12.2 points. And he’s been the league’s most dynamic running quarterback.

The Bears are 3-10, however. That’s not a reflection of what Fields has done, but it does show how much work is ahead for general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus.