If you drive to Soldier Field they make you pay a toll For cripes sake they only won one lousy Super Bowl Still we wouldn’t mind seeing Ditka run over by a truck ‘Cause the Bears…Still…Suck Those are lyrics to a polka song that makes its way around the radio where I live in Wisconsin, […]
The Chicago Bears have lost three of four and dropped into a tie in the NFC North with the Green Bay Packers. With their hold on the division title slipping, a first-round playoff bye perhaps also disappearing with it, the Bears are now getting bad news on the injury front, with reports that linebacker Brian Urlacher will miss the rest of the regular season. All of which begs the question—is the regular season going to be all there is for the Bears? Let’s break down Chicago, see where they’ve both succeeded and failed and then look at the final four games on the schedule, in the context of the NFC playoff race.
The Chicago Bears were rolling last season, at 7-3 and looked on their way to the playoffs when Jay Cutler went down for the year. The team didn’t win again until the final week of the season when they were eliminated. The Bears have gone out and fixed the backup quarterback spot and made other notable additions in free agency. Will it translate into a playoff year in a tough division? TheSportsNotebook previews Chicago’s chances…