Now with Mike Martz at the offensive helm, will the Bears be a playoff contender ?

false..its going to be a really rough season. i highly doubt we make the wild card run..im not sold on martz or the cover who defense.

so I said yes. I’m going to try to remain positive with the hopes we make some solid FA moves and some quality draft picks. If that happens I think we have a shot at the playoffs. I hope we aren’t as turrible as last year and if we are I guess we know that a complete overhaul will take place.

Whoo Hoo!!

Wild Card Birth…

Depends on who we play in the first round if we advance…

Packers stumble this year and fall to 3rd in the Division…

Lions, well they’re the Lions…

I think how far we go will depend greatly on who we pickup via FA. If they go all out, we will take the division imo. If they don’t go all out but make some key moves, I think we come in second in our division still making the playoffs as a wildcard. As disappointing as last year was, without some of the injuries we had, I think we would have been a whole lot closer to a wildcard spot than we were. The absence of Urlacher and Pisa hurt us more than I have seen people talk about on here.

I think we’re due for some increased offensive output with Martz coming in, but holy hell the defense was terrible last year. Even with a healthy LB corps, we’re still looking at a team that can’t generate a pass rush and has major problems in the secondary.

And this is the Lovie/Jerry/Virginia Bears we’re talking about. No picks until the 3rd round, and no indication that they’re looking to move up in the draft. If they do spend money in free agency, these are the same people that have brought in Pace and Omiyale to fix the O Line last year, and thought Marinelli was the best off season acquisition.

Speaking of Marinelli, the guy has never called plays before and now he’s the D Coordinator. If Tice can get the O Line in shape, and Martz’ offense puts up some points we could look at a play off team. I’d love to see the Bears make the play offs, but a lot of things would have to go right for them to make that happen.