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The Chicago Bears have a 1 percent chance to make the playoffs in 2019 after falling to 4-6 following Sunday night's 17-7 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. As a result, it's time to start looking ahead to 2020 and the necessary moves GM Ryan Pace must make in order to take advantage of the Bears' already championship-worthy defense. Pace will face some obvious challenges in the offseason, most notably the salary cap where the Bears won't have much flexibility.

Here's what you need to know before the New York Giants and Chicago Bears matchup in Week 12 of the 2019 NFL season. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on FOX

James Vaughters should be used to this by now. According to the NFL's transactions wire, the Bears cut Vaughters off the 53-player roster Tuesday in what seems like a weekly move. If form holds, the Bears will re-sign him to the practice squad Wednesday (if he clears waivers) and then re-sign him to the active roster later in the week.

So we'll highlight seven other players here whose final six games will have a significant impact on the Bears' plans this offseason: WR Allen Robinson The Bears could save $13 million against 2020's cap if they were to cut Robinson before the third and final year of his contract, but he's been the team's best receiver and is a guy they love having around Halas Hall. More likely at stake for Robinson is a contract extension, which could lower his 2020 cap number - giving the Bears some flexibility - while keeping the 26-year-old in Chicago for the long term.

On the Football Aftershow following the Bears Week 11 loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Alex Brown called out the Bears players for clowning around. You can watch the clip from the show here. "We got to figure out who loves football because the ship will turn back again and the guys that really love football, those are the only guys you really want on the team," Brown said.

The Mitch Trubisky that stood on the sideline late Sunday during the loss to the Los Angeles Rams and the one that stood downcast before microphones afterwards was not the Mitch Trubisky that teammates on the Bears defense once affectionately nicknamed, "Pretty Boy Assassin" for his swagger. It was not the same Mitch Trubisky who sat in front of his locker as a rookie and talked with this writer, before Trubisky's first Bears-Packers meeting, about great Ohio football rivalries, like that of his Mentor High School with St. Ignatius or the classic of mighty Massillon with Canton McKinley. What has brought about the unmaking of Mitch Trubisky?

After Chicago's loss to the Rams and Oakland's victory over the Bengals, those two second-rounders are currently the 46th and 51st picks overall. To put that in perspective, last year's 46th pick was cornerback Greedy Williams (Browns) and the 51st pick was wide receiver A.J. Brown (Titans). Both are promising players who will be starters in the NFL for a long time.

Was Mitch Trubisky injured? The Bears' losses have gotten weirder and weirder as the season's gone on. Mitchell Trubisky exited Sunday night's loss to the Rams with a hip injury, but you can forgive the general public for wondering if Bears coach Matt Nagy was looking for a way out.