The Chicago Bears want you to believe the glass is half full. They managed to stumble through the backdoor of the playoffs last season, despite a tame 8-8 finish and, predictably, were soon one and done.
After starting the season 5-1, the Chicago Bears then lost six games in a row. That put head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace on the hot seat. However, after the six-game skid, they rallied back and finished the season 8-8 for the second year in a row. With the expanded playoff field, the Bears made the playoffs but were eliminated by the New Orleans Saints by a score of 21-9.
The Chicago Bears were huge underdogs going into their first-round matchup in New Orleans, but they had a chance to win if it wasn’t for their costly mishaps. They were the last NFC team that got into the playoffs and entered the Wild Card round as 11-point underdogs on the road versus the Saints.
Two teams surrounded by doubts despite their hot starts to the season, the Chicago Bears traveled to Los Angeles to battle the Rams on Monday Night Football. Squandering many opportunities to mount a comeback after falling behind early, the Bears offense provided little hope to NFL fans watching on national television.
Six weeks into the NFL season and the Chicago Bears sit atop the podium in the NFC North. With a 5-1 record, the Bears are not only in sole possession of the NFC North. Not only are they sitting atop the NFC North, but they are also second in the whole NFC. Despite these accomplishments, most power rankings put out by major sports outlets don’t have them inside the top five, and some, not even the top-ten. With that said, let’s take a look at the Bears so far into the season and see if they are truly bears, or if they are just cubs.
Every year the NFL Network does its top 100 countdown based on the previous season. However, that’s the past, and we want to look forward to the future. Four of our writers have put together a 14 part series, predicting our top 10 at each position.
Before you bring out the pitchforks and the nasty tweets, the basis for the top 100 needs to be laid out.
The 2018 Chicago Bears finished with the league’s number one overall defense, an insane amount of takeaways, and cruised to their first NFC North Division crown since 2010. In the first round of the playoffs, a “double doink” heard around the world, brought the Bears season to a screeching halt. This season, the Bears will be starting with a new kicker and a whole lot of motivation following their early exit. Will they be able to bounce back from the rough ending to an otherwise incredible season? Take a walk with me as I attempt to crack their 53-man roster and what to expect from them this season.
Rachel Coltz lists the NFL’s 10 best safeties ahead of the 2019 season.
The writers at TheScorecrow.com decided to get together and come up with their version of a Top 100 NFL players from the 2018 season. Each writer was invited to submit a ranked list of their top 25 NFL players. The votes were then counted using a weighted average method. This means that a 1st place vote was worth more than a 25th place vote.
Players ranked 1st on a list received 25 points, 2nd = 24 points and so on down to 1 point for a 25th place vote. Each players points were added up and then listed from least to most to generate our list of top 100 players. The top few players were fairly common on all the lists, but after that it was interesting. We hope you enjoy our rankings and would love to read your comments on our list. Special thanks to Beth Sullivan for tabulating the votes and getting this project together.
TheScorecrow.com Writers
The Chicago Bears host the Philadelphia Eagles today at 4:40pm ET. The Eagles again find themselves entering the playoffs with backup Nick Foles. The Bears are back to being the “Monsters of the Midway” again and hold the third seed in the NFC. Something’s gotta give.
The Chicago Bears want you to believe the glass is half full. They managed to stumble through the backdoor of the playoffs last season, despite a tame 8-8 finish and, predictably, were soon one and done.
After starting the season 5-1, the Chicago Bears then lost six games in a row. That put head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace on the hot seat. However, after the six-game skid, they rallied back and finished the season 8-8 for the second year in a row. With the expanded playoff field, the Bears made the playoffs but were eliminated by the New Orleans Saints by a score of 21-9.
The Chicago Bears were huge underdogs going into their first-round matchup in New Orleans, but they had a chance to win if it wasn’t for their costly mishaps. They were the last NFC team that got into the playoffs and entered the Wild Card round as 11-point underdogs on the road versus the Saints.
Two teams surrounded by doubts despite their hot starts to the season, the Chicago Bears traveled to Los Angeles to battle the Rams on Monday Night Football. Squandering many opportunities to mount a comeback after falling behind early, the Bears offense provided little hope to NFL fans watching on national television.
Six weeks into the NFL season and the Chicago Bears sit atop the podium in the NFC North. With a 5-1 record, the Bears are not only in sole possession of the NFC North. Not only are they sitting atop the NFC North, but they are also second in the whole NFC. Despite these accomplishments, most power rankings put out by major sports outlets don’t have them inside the top five, and some, not even the top-ten. With that said, let’s take a look at the Bears so far into the season and see if they are truly bears, or if they are just cubs.
Every year the NFL Network does its top 100 countdown based on the previous season. However, that’s the past, and we want to look forward to the future. Four of our writers have put together a 14 part series, predicting our top 10 at each position.
Before you bring out the pitchforks and the nasty tweets, the basis for the top 100 needs to be laid out.
The 2018 Chicago Bears finished with the league’s number one overall defense, an insane amount of takeaways, and cruised to their first NFC North Division crown since 2010. In the first round of the playoffs, a “double doink” heard around the world, brought the Bears season to a screeching halt. This season, the Bears will be starting with a new kicker and a whole lot of motivation following their early exit. Will they be able to bounce back from the rough ending to an otherwise incredible season? Take a walk with me as I attempt to crack their 53-man roster and what to expect from them this season.
Rachel Coltz lists the NFL’s 10 best safeties ahead of the 2019 season.
The writers at TheScorecrow.com decided to get together and come up with their version of a Top 100 NFL players from the 2018 season. Each writer was invited to submit a ranked list of their top 25 NFL players. The votes were then counted using a weighted average method. This means that a 1st place vote was worth more than a 25th place vote.
Players ranked 1st on a list received 25 points, 2nd = 24 points and so on down to 1 point for a 25th place vote. Each players points were added up and then listed from least to most to generate our list of top 100 players. The top few players were fairly common on all the lists, but after that it was interesting. We hope you enjoy our rankings and would love to read your comments on our list. Special thanks to Beth Sullivan for tabulating the votes and getting this project together.
TheScorecrow.com Writers
The Chicago Bears host the Philadelphia Eagles today at 4:40pm ET. The Eagles again find themselves entering the playoffs with backup Nick Foles. The Bears are back to being the “Monsters of the Midway” again and hold the third seed in the NFC. Something’s gotta give.
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