Lovie Smith likes to break the season into four parts, and the Chicago Bears will hope to close out their second quarter with a perfect 4-0 record.

Chicago has a 2-game cushion in the NFC North, with both Minnesota and Green Bay sitting at 5-3. The Vikings have lost 2 of their last 3, but the Packers have won 3 in a row.

Jay Cutler returns to Nashville to take on the Tennessee Titans for the Bears' first road game in almost a month, and many analysts are picking Tennessee to upset Chicago this afternoon. On paper, the Bears completely dominate the Titans, but we have all seen what can happen when things go bad. We'll see...

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The 1st quarter is underway... Happy Open Thread'ing!