How Many Games Will the Bears Win?

We can win a lot of games to begin the season and I think entering December we could potentially be 8-4 but December is just absolutely brutal and I could see us finishing the season with 4 straight losses.

New editions of Peppers, Taylor, Bran-Man, and better coaches we should see a two game improvement.

I keep coming to the number 5-11 for this season. The Bears just play too many quality passing teams for this horrific defense to handle. If the Bears offensive line can learn how to run or pass block, the wins might move up to 6 or 7, but I just do not see what the Bears do well as a team. Hopefully the crap about not showing their “real” plays is not a stupid cover story and the Bears will eke out 8 or 9 wins. I still do not see this as a playoff team, yet.

We got Major Wright, and Peppers…and a year with the Oline…we should get at LEAST one win better than last year…seriously Orton’s Bears were better? ugh

We split Minnesota and green bay he’ll we beat Minnesota last year!
We can beat the giants and skins and Dallas has holes in the secondary
In the last 4 games we WILL go 2-2

We will be in the 9-11 win neighborhood

Bear down!

The Bears are planning on rolling out a bunch of different stuff on offense and defense. Nothing like the vanilla game-plans we saw in preseason. Hip hip horray.

…drinking makes me an optimist.
I said 10 wins.
Barring injury to key personnel.

Yeah, we have known Lovie is the problem here for a while now, but sometimes teams will in spite of the head coach.

Everything seems to even out throughout the year, and certain teams are better and/or worse. The Bears always seem to play up or down to their competition. Am I hopeless romantic to believe they have a chance for 10 wins? Probably. I’m reserving predictions and analysis until after this Sunday.

I know I may completely hammered on Bears Kool-aid…but I just have a feeling that we are going to put up some major points this year…and the defense will hold teams down just enough that we get a few 31-28 wins…

I actually think we are going to win the first two games and have a lot of mommentum going into the GB game…

Ditka said “Let there be football” and there was football…and it was good!

I’m going with 10-6. I just can’t see how the line could be worse than last year on either side of the ball. Peppers has to improve the line. I just can’t see how he couldn’t. T Harris looks motivated for the first time in years and C Harris is home. Major wright give us the first real FS the Bears have had since Mike Brown before the Achilles injury. And Brian and Pisa are back. The only way this defense could be worse than last year is if Rod is even worse as a DC than Lovie was at being a DC/HC last season, and I just cannot see how that is possible.

Offensively, Martz>"The Douche". I can’t see how it could get worse than Turner. Forte actually has an OC with some creativity. Cutler, too. The WRs have a year under their belt with JC and the O-line can’t look worse run blocking than last year, can they?

I think we split with Minn and GB, and take 2 from Detroit (I know everyone thinks we’ll get upset, but I think we win both in shoot-outs) then i think we beat Carolina, Seattle, Washington, Buffalo, Philly and I think we steal one from the Jets. I don’t like Sanchez, and I pick him as “Disappointment of the Year” The only ay I see the Jets beating us is if the Jets defense scores, cause I think it’ll come down to a low scoring affair.

That’s my Kool-Aid delusion for the day……

I’m going with 10, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see more, here’s how I see it

DET – W, we’re better than Det

DAL- W, I think Dal is way over rated, and they didn’t look that great to me in the preseason, I think we can squeeze a victory out here in OT 24-21

GB- L, GB is a good team, I think we lose this one

NYG- W, the Giants are way over rated, their defense was a joke last year, and not much improved over the off season, I think we take this one 24-10

CAR- W, this team is an enigma to me, they obviously lost a huge part of their defense in JP, and I think he’s gonna have a field day against his former team, and their offense, okay the have some good RB, and 1WR, I think we take this one easily with a 28-7 victory

SEA- W, do I need to explain why.

WAS- L, I feel by this time in the season McNabb will be totally clicking with his offense, and will beat us. But I’m on the fence with this one, and we could win it.

BUF- W, it’s Buffalo, enough said

MINN-W, I think we split with Minn, and giving us home field advantage here

MIA-L, Miami, will confuse this defense with the wildcat, and Lovie won’t make any adjustments.

PHI- W, I’m not sold on Kolb, I think Philly will regret letting McNabb go.

DET- L, I think we lose to Det on the road, this is a team with some weapons, and at this time in the season they will be better, than they were in week 1.

NE- L, New England is a better team than us, and Tom Brady is one of the best in the league, we lose this home game

MINN- L, like I said, I think we split with them this one goes to the queens

NYJ- W, this is one of the most over rated, and over hyped team in the league, they were great at running the ball last year, and let TJ go, and bring in LT, there’s a drop off there, this is a team full of head cases, and it’s all about me egos, all over the place, they were 9-7 last year, and that’s because some teams dogged it at the end of the season, to let them into the playoffs. Sanchez is not a leader, and that’s gonna hurt this team.

GB- W, I think we take this one on the road, GB will be in the playoffs already, and will rest most of their starters.

Bears start 0-5. We’re all pissed. Then they finish 9-2 and just miss the playoffs, losing only to NE and MN. Everyone keeps their jobs. Then we’re even more pissed. It’s possible.

And I gotta say, these Bears have me totally snowed. I wouldn’t be surprised by any record in between 11-5 and 3-13. We are not elite. We are not bottom dwellers. Although we’re a lot closer to the latter than the former — as in, one or two major injuries on defense closer.

Also, I went to Cal. It’s pretty lame that Aaron Rodgers (and Jahvid Best, for that matter) wound up in the NFC North. He is the real deal, and I still remember sitting in Henry’s on Durant in Berkeley when the Niners passed on him, and slowly coming to the cold realization that he would most likely wind up on the hated Packers. Get ready for another decade of jealousy watching as Green Bay’s franchise QB dismantles our beloved Bears time and time again. Sigh.

Peppers will add some spark, but our secondary isn’t what it used to be, and the rest of our line didn’t look solid. I expect Cutler to improve, but with a porous line, his interceptions still will top 20, but he’ll improve in touchdowns and yards. I am worried about the running game, but not overly so. 8-8 is where I see us falling.

On here have us beating Dallas because they are “over rated” and looked bad in the preseason.

If Dallas looked bad in the preseason then what the hell did the bears look like?

Bears(8-8) 3rd place behind GB (12-4)
Detroit (9-7)
with the Vikes comming in 4th place at 6-10

Mostly because I’m pretty sure we’ll be stuck with Todd Collins for a 4 game stretch after Martz and the O-line team up to knock Cutler out with injury by Nov.

And, I’d love to be wrong but this way if I’m not at least I can have the fact I was right during those cold hellish winter months.

First round of the playoffs at Soldier Field, making it at least to the NFC Championship.

Resistance is futile. Drink the Kool-Aid.

I think the offensive line will be better than people think and the offense will be pretty good. I think other teams have figured out the bear defensive scheme and will out score us most of the time. We will be fortunate to finish 8-8. The Lion game is a huge trendsetter for the rest of the season confidence wise.

And that might be generous. If we win more then that’s great. If not hopefully we’ll head into next season with a new HC, GM, Team President, and great first round pick.

Green Bay- 0-16
Minny- 0-16
Detriot- 0-16

in the LEAGUE not the division but the LEAGUE. Well, they started out 1-3 and all the nay sayers were saying told you so. Then what happened? BAM! 8 games in a row and DA BEARZ won 10 of their next 12 and had one of the BEST defenses of the decade. The offense couldnt score 10 pts but the defense wouldnt let the other team even get to 9. That year sure was something one of the few times the crowd and fans were excited to see the defense come out and kick some ass! Dont let these critics influence you! Especially that doosh Schelereth.

By the way it has been 25 years and i think its about time……

but hey….
 Im not here to start any trouble………im just here to do……

Pos………2009……………………………………………………………2010
RE……….Alex Brown…………………………………………….Jullius Peppers
3tech…..Injured Tommie Harris…………………………..Healthy Tommie Harris
NT……….Anthony Adams………………………………………Anthony Adams
LE……….Adewale Ogunleye………………………………….IZZY/Mark Anderson
WILL…..Lance Briggs……………………………………………Lance Briggs
MLB…….Hunter Hilenmeyer…………………………………..Brian Urlacher
SAM…….Nick Roach………………………………………………Pisa Tinoisamoa
LCB…….Charles Tillman……………………………………….Zachary Bowman
RCB……Zachary Bowman………………………………………Charles Tillman
SS……….Al Afalava…………………………………………………..Chris Harris
FS……….Daniel Manning…………………………………………Major Wright
That is a huge amount of positive turnover from last year and I can’t see our defense regressing due to all of these changes.

The Bears won’t be as bad as some think but they won’t be that great either. Everyone says the OLine needs time to gel but in that offense they have no time. Jay will be crucified if the line doesn’t gel quickly enough. Our D is nothing to get excited about but if that secondary shapes up and learns how to tackle I think they’ll be a middle of the road D. The issue is that Lovie has not changed his scheme in any way. The Bears D is very predictable. Yeah we got Urlacher back but his play his diminished. Not massively but enough to notice. I think it’s safe to say that we all live and die with our Bears but let’s be real, this team will continue to be mediocre. They have the talent but Lovie is an idiot. He consistently b.s’es the fan base and he has done nothing to bring the best out of his players. He doesn’t stress fundamentals and that is why the D has become a shell of it’s former self. A healthy Tommy Harris hasn’t shown me anything so far, Chris Harris hasn’t looked the same, Peanut is still a horrible tackler, Mark Anderson is the starter opposite Peppers and he at most should only be a situational DE and Peppers CAN NOT do everything himself. I hope I am proven wrong but I don’t see the need to drink the kool-aid when this organization has been spoon-feeding us the same crap ever since the SB. The only way this team achieves its potential is to get a whole new coaching staff and GM. Sadly the best way to get that is for the team to do terribly. But when then that happens we will go 16-0 and destroy all on our way to Super Bowl glory. Bear Down lads!

is Martz/offense really….Does Martz have the tools needed to run “his offense” especially the offensive line being so iffy…..I know some Bear fans that turn to me and say “well rodgers was sacked 50 times last season and they did ok”….Well hope that happens for the Bears then cause the starting o line giving up something like 15 sacks in what 5 qtrs? Could be a long season…..

Cause I know the defense is not going to change no matter what they say at Halas Hall…..

Though if they are losing early it might get entertaining with potentially everyone turning on each other……

My guesses:

DET – W
DAL – W
GB – L
NYG – L
CAR – W
SEA – W
WAS – L
BUF – W
MIN – L
MIA – L
PHI – W
DET – W
NE – L
MIN – L
NYJ – L
GB – L

for 7 – 9

Why? Because I said so. :]

The Bears overall have shown spurts of promise, followed by some ugly moments as well. After losing 32-17 in our first game, I feel we have slowly improved performance and point-wise. We have narrowed the point differential every game, losing the last one to the Browns only by a field goal. The thing that worries me is that we only scored 10 points. However, I do beleive the offense will increase its productivity as the season progresses, but their ultimate success will rely on the performance of the offensive line. There are question marks on defense personell wise. The main thing that aroused my scrutiny there are Rod Marinelli’s excuse that the reason the D was underperforming was due to him not wanting to reveal too many blitzes. 1- Even in it’s base formation, any defense should be effective enough. 2- If your defense is so reliant on the blitz, and can’t make stops without it, that is a bad sign, as it exposes you in the long term. We just have to wait and see.

My MOST OPTIMISTIC prediction for the 2010 season follows-
DET – W
DAL – L
GB – L
NYG –W
CAR – W
SEA – W
WAS – W
BUF – W
MIN – L
MIA – W
PHI – W
DET – W
NE – W
MIN – W
NYJ – L
GB – L
Overall 11-5. Playoffs?

That is not going to happen against the Lions this year.
QB: Stafford has taken a serious step, solid backups
RB: Best is the first real threat we have had in a decade
FB: Average
TE: Scheffler gives us a deep threat, Pettigrew is just a beast, Heller is solid
WR: Burleson replaced our #2 and put him rightly back at #3
OL: Rob Sims solidified our OL, starters did not give up a single sac in the preseason
DL: Could write a paragraph about the upgrades, increased team sacks & pressures
LB: Questionable / unproven
Secondary: only kept Delmas from last year, young, fast, physical, just a question if they can make plays on the ball

I understand that you guys are excited about the season to start but the Lions have improved a lot more than people realize. If we don’t surpass the Bears this year another year of similar off season moves will seal the deal. The days of writing two easy wins against the Lions are over, thankfully for us Lions fans.

Now that I used my favorite cliche, I can move on. But seriously. This team CAN win games against Detroit (twice), New York G., Carolina, Seattle, Washington, Buffalo, Miami and Philly without me being surprised. They could lose some of them too, it depends whether they execute or not. We always lose a couple we shouldn’t, and we usually win a few we shouldn’t too.

We are perfectly capable of splitting with Green Bay and/or Minnesota. If we lost by 1 score in both GB games last year, and beat Minnesota last year, no one should write those off as definite losses this year. Not saying pencil in a “W”, just saying…We CAN win 11 of those 13 without surprising me. We could also lose 6 of those 13 without surprising me.

Dallas is an enigma so I withhold judgment on their team…They looked as bad as we did in pre-season. New England and the New York Jets might just be too much, too different, for our team this year.

I think we could count on losing to the Patriots, Jets, Packers in GB, Vikings in Minny, and everything else is in the air. Best would be 12-4, worst in my “best guess” is 4-12. That’s a huge range and not much of a prediction, but I can’t tell if we will execute, just that we have the ability to win 12 games this season.

They’re what we thought they were. We played them in preseason — who the hell takes a third game of the preseason like it’s bullsh*t? Bullsh*t! We played them in the third game — everybody played three quarters — the Bears are who we thought they were! That’s why we took the damn field. Now if you want to crown them, then crown their ass! But they are who we thought they were!" – Dennis “Ron Jeremy” Green

My greatest dilemma with Bears v.2010 is that don’t really “know who they are”. I see a very very good defensive front seven. I love our safeties (Wright and Harris) and I believe our corners are adequate (damning statement if there ever was one). Offensively I really like Louis, Garza and Kreutz. The tackles are the only worry….the tackles hold the key to success this year.

Maybe now is a good time to crown the Bears versus anointing the Cowboys or Packers as this year’s media darling.

but just saw this tweet, figured I’d pass it along:

Football Outsiders project the #Bears to finish 9-7, good for a wildcard spot. Here are some points from their Almanac http://bit.ly/9Q2cuj

pain me, there are few things I dig more than Da’ Bears, just cant realistically see much more than a 5, maybe 6 win season. I’m more than willing to eat some crow, we’ll know before all that long how it’s gonna’ shake out my friends. Go Bears!………………………………..FYI….latest power rankings…Bears-21-29…..