They say the bye week is a stress-free time for fans of teams. That is true to some extent. They don’t have to sweat through actual games watching their team. However, that doesn’t mean the schedule can’t impact them in other ways. The Chicago Bears discovered this during their time off. After rallying to reach 2-2, it feels like they are in the conversation for the wild card spots in the NFC. To improve their odds, they needed certain teams to falter elsewhere. Unfortunately, it didn’t pan out that way.
Minnesota escaped the Browns in London to reach 3-2, giving them a significant advantage in the race after already beating the Bears last month. Green Bay remains ahead of both, courtesy of their tie in Dallas. Washington cruised to a 27-10 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers. That puts them at 3-2 and another big threat for the wild card. Chicago plays them next week in what will be a titanic rematch. If that weren’t enough, both the Rams and Seahawks are 3-2 and are also in the mix.
The Chicago Bears won’t get any help from outside sources.
It’s becoming clear that the NFC is every bit as deep as it was last year. Maybe more so. There are too many good ones to trust that enough will falter to give the Chicago Bears a window. That means one thing. They must control their own destiny by winning football games. Four of the next five games the Bears play will be against struggling teams: Saints, Ravens, Bengals, and Giants. Those are four that they can and should win. If they don’t, they have the 49ers, Eagles, Vikings, Lions, and Packers all waiting down the stretch.
Even a supposedly easier game against Cleveland in the middle of that is misleading because the Browns are a tough team. Part of making the playoffs is taking advantage of the opportunities your schedule gives you. The Bears haven’t done that in years. We’re about to find out if they really have changed.
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@BearDownTX has it right. We’re 4 games in, most other teams are 5 games in. Of the teams bunched around 2-2/3-2, one of them will run off a four game win streak, another will lose four in a row (or more). The landscape will totally change by week 11, and there will still be 6 games to go. Very much too early to start predicting playoff brackets.
Damn right, the Browns are a tough team. They were in London. They are well disciplined too regardless of some major obvious disadvantages. I was impressed.
Self-help and lone-wolf operations are usually the best M.O. to accomplish success without being made dependent, compromised, or ratted out.
No team wants to help the Bears except maybe the Jets.
We are 4 games in (most teams 5 games) it’s a little early to start developing a playoff picture.
no, what’s actually clear, is nothing. Week five was an entire mess as all teams are in transition. The heavily favorite teams… they supposed top of the heap teams pretty much all stumbled…… making you wonder if Vegas was calling for its money back after the first four weeks probably taking a beating. Of course you could always look at this as a little more parity in the NFL. For me, thing to really observe is the fact that you better have team depth because injuries are starting to flare up and having team depth is it critical to survival.… Read more »
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