SI ranks Bears in bottom 1/3

[madlithuanian]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...-9-3/index.html

 

 

NFL Power Rankings (cont.)

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Last Week: 17 Chicago Bears (4-3)

The Bears are our lowest-ranked winning team, and they're even beneath .500-club members like Oakland, St. Louis and Washington, as well as the losing Chargers. It's the two home losses to Seattle and Washington, and the fortunate season-opening win at home against the Calvin Johnson-led Lions that I can't ignore. But a win this week against Buffalo, in Toronto -- still can't get used to that one -- and Chicago will force us to reconsider its standing. Not a ton, mind you. But some upward adjustment will be made. Promise, Bears fans.

 

 

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[ChileBear]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...-9-3/index.html

 

 

NFL Power Rankings (cont.)

21

 

Last Week: 17 Chicago Bears (4-3)

The Bears are our lowest-ranked winning team, and they're even beneath .500-club members like Oakland, St. Louis and Washington, as well as the losing Chargers. It's the two home losses to Seattle and Washington, and the fortunate season-opening win at home against the Calvin Johnson-led Lions that I can't ignore. But a win this week against Buffalo, in Toronto -- still can't get used to that one -- and Chicago will force us to reconsider its standing. Not a ton, mind you. But some upward adjustment will be made. Promise, Bears fans.

 

 

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writ...l#ixzz14FhqdjbJ

If that doen't get their "no respect" blood boiling, nothing will. But then again, giving up all those sacks in N.Y. probably brought home a bit of reality to many on the team.

Optimistic for the rest of the season? Sure I am, but I'm a die hard Bears fan, what else can I say?

[madlithuanian]

exactly...

 

If that doen't get their "no respect" blood boiling, nothing will. But then again, giving up all those sacks in N.Y. probably brought home a bit of reality to many on the team.

Optimistic for the rest of the season? Sure I am, but I'm a die hard Bears fan, what else can I say?

 

[Guest TerraTor]

Should be bottom 3 in my opinion

[balta1701-A]

Should be bottom 3 in my opinion

Have you watched the Cowboys or Bills?

[Guest TerraTor]

Have you watched the Cowboys or Bills?

 

 

Ya but 5-6sacks and 2-4INTs every game

[BearsFan1974]

Ya but 5-6sacks and 2-4INTs every game

 

Unfortunately, I agree. If we get to 8 wins this season I'll be amazed. The road ahead is tough....way f'n tough!!!

 

Buffalo W (5)

Minnesota W (6)

Miami L

Philly L

Detroit W (7)

NE L

Minnesota L

Jets L

GB L

 

It's not looking to good, hopefully, within 72 hours from the GB game, Lovie, Martz, and Angelo will be looking for new jobs. With a 7-9 record we'll be in the middle of the draft. O-Line needs to be addressed as does receiver.

[defiantgiant]

Couldn't agree more. The Bears desperately needed to stack a couple of wins against Washington and Seattle. That was, by far, the easiest stretch of their schedule - they needed to be at least 5-2 coming out of the bye. It's going to be hard to get to a winning record now, unless the offense miraculously starts playing like the '99 Rams.

 

As for the rest of the schedule, I think I'm a little more optimistic than you are, but not much. I see it like this:

 

Buffalo W

Minnesota W

Miami W

Philly L

Detroit L

NE L

Minnesota W

Jets L

GB L

 

Minnesota looks uncharacteristically mediocre on defense and their passing game is a mess. There's no telling if Harvin will be ready for the first Bears-Vikes game, and when the second one rolls around Sidney Rice may be less effective, since he's coming off hip surgery. I don't know about you, but Berrian and Greg Camarillo don't scare me much. Plus, Childress is losing control of that locker room and Favre doesn't look like he'll last the season. I could see the Bears sweeping, if everything goes their way.

 

Miami's playing decently well on defense (which I'd expect under Mike Nolan) but on offense, they're just not putting up points. They've struggled to score on some creampuff defenses (Patriots, Bengals, Bills) and the Bears are the #3 defense in points/game. I think that'll be a 14-10 kind of game, but a win for Chicago nonetheless.

 

Detroit is just too good on offense and on the d-line to lose another game to the Bears. They're trending upward in a BIG way, and the Bears barely squeaked by them the first time around, even after knocking Stafford out of the game. Detroit has the highest-scoring offense in the NFC, and they've done it playing with a career backup at quarterback. With Stafford back in the game, that's an even more dangerous offense. Plus, I saw what Suh and company did to the Redskins' o-line...I don't like Cutler's chances.

 

As for the rest of the schedule, I just don't see any more wins. The Jets are average on offense, but they're a brick wall on D. New England's D is bad, but they're putting up nearly 30 points a game. The Packers and Eagles are strong on both sides of the ball. I just don't see the Bears beating any of them.

 

...so, at the end of the year, I think Chicago goes 8-8, splits with two of three division rivals, misses the playoffs again, and everybody gets fired. It's a shame: it looks like they've finally gotten the defense sorted out, but they're wasting yet ANOTHER season because Angelo refuses to invest in an offensive line. I only hope that Angelo doesn't manage to pin it on the coaching staff and save his own job; he's more to blame than Lovie is.

[BearsFan1974]

Couldn't agree more. The Bears desperately needed to stack a couple of wins against Washington and Seattle. That was, by far, the easiest stretch of their schedule - they needed to be at least 5-2 coming out of the bye. It's going to be hard to get to a winning record now, unless the offense miraculously starts playing like the '99 Rams.

 

As for the rest of the schedule, I think I'm a little more optimistic than you are, but not much. I see it like this:

 

Buffalo W

Minnesota W

Miami W

Philly L

Detroit L

NE L

Minnesota W

Jets L

GB L

 

Minnesota looks uncharacteristically mediocre on defense and their passing game is a mess. There's no telling if Harvin will be ready for the first Bears-Vikes game, and when the second one rolls around Sidney Rice may be less effective, since he's coming off hip surgery. I don't know about you, but Berrian and Greg Camarillo don't scare me much. Plus, Childress is losing control of that locker room and Favre doesn't look like he'll last the season. I could see the Bears sweeping, if everything goes their way.

 

Miami's playing decently well on defense (which I'd expect under Mike Nolan) but on offense, they're just not putting up points. They've struggled to score on some creampuff defenses (Patriots, Bengals, Bills) and the Bears are the #3 defense in points/game. I think that'll be a 14-10 kind of game, but a win for Chicago nonetheless.

 

Detroit is just too good on offense and on the d-line to lose another game to the Bears. They're trending upward in a BIG way, and the Bears barely squeaked by them the first time around, even after knocking Stafford out of the game. Detroit has the highest-scoring offense in the NFC, and they've done it playing with a career backup at quarterback. With Stafford back in the game, that's an even more dangerous offense. Plus, I saw what Suh and company did to the Redskins' o-line...I don't like Cutler's chances.

 

As for the rest of the schedule, I just don't see any more wins. The Jets are average on offense, but they're a brick wall on D. New England's D is bad, but they're putting up nearly 30 points a game. The Packers and Eagles are strong on both sides of the ball. I just don't see the Bears beating any of them.

 

...so, at the end of the year, I think Chicago goes 8-8, splits with two of three division rivals, misses the playoffs again, and everybody gets fired. It's a shame: it looks like they've finally gotten the defense sorted out, but they're wasting yet ANOTHER season because Angelo refuses to invest in an offensive line. I only hope that Angelo doesn't manage to pin it on the coaching staff and save his own job; he's more to blame than Lovie is.

 

I agree he put this crap together. We need to clean house.