Congratulations Chicago Bears.........

[strahanfan92]

Welp, thanks to the Vikes Sunday's GB vs Chicago game just got much closer to being meaningless.

Atlanta wins at noon over Carolina and the Bears can treat their 315 game like the 2nd or 3rd preseason game.

I believe an Atlanta loss could be meaningless for the Bears if New Orleans beats Tampa Bay. NO would take the #1 Seed.

[EmpireWF]

I believe New Orleans would need both a loss for ATL & GB to get the #1 seed. (UPDATE -- No, you're correct. The Bears need the Saints & Falcons to lose to get HFA. The Saints only need a win and a Falcons loss.)

I doubt Lovie benches any starters until late in the 3rd quarter at best. Of course, it all depends on whatever in-game/health situations arise on Sunday, but I expect the Bears first teamers to play enough.

With that said, I also expect the Packers to play with a ton of fire and unfortunately win the game.

I'm the biggest DA BEARS fan come Sunday afternoon!

[dave]

An amazing egg laid by the Eagles.

That said, your Bears beat us straight up, so no complaints.

I think our Birds will be a playoff factor.

[Rush]

Hey I just came in here to talk some shit to Bears fans. I never said anything would be shocking. Let's not over - analyze my posts now. I' just here to piss Rush off and predict how bad the Bears will get beat Sunday.

The Bears winning any more games this season would be the only shocking thing. The Bears suck.

Piss me off? My team has a 1st round bye, is 11-4, and will rest our starters this sunday when your team gives it their all to make the playoffs. What on earth would I be pissed about? lol

[EmpireWF]

Piss me off? My team has a 1st round bye, is 11-4, and will rest our starters this sunday when your team gives it their all to make the playoffs. What on earth would I be pissed about? lol

wrong...at least not for the entire game

[Rush]

Are you saying that Lovie Smith's top priority is no longer "beating the Packers" or just trying to lower expectations so that when the Bears get their asses kicked you can say it was a meaningless game?

Bill you're smarter then this.

If Packers are 11-4, have a 1st round bye...they are resting the fuck out of their starters. Really....any team should.

[dave]

Piss me off? My team has a 1st round bye, is 11-4, and will rest our starters this sunday when your team gives it their all to make the playoffs. What on earth would I be pissed about? lol

Your team would be insane to rest its starters vs. Green Bay.
You need to get them out of the playoffs.

[Rush]

Your team would be insane to rest its starters vs. Green Bay.
You need to get them out of the playoffs.

I am pretty sure the team playing them in the wildcard can worry about that one first, if they beat our B-Squad.

If they get past the wildcard...I'll discuss the game then.

[EmpireWF]

There's less than a 10% chance Lovie decides to bench the key starters the entire game.

2 weeks off...giving the Packers a free ride to the playoffs when he has a shot to eliminate them...

[Rush]

As much sense as it makes, I just don't see them wanting to get anybody injured.

[dave]

I am pretty sure the team playing them in the wildcard can worry about that one first, if they beat our B-Squad.

If they get past the wildcard...I'll discuss the game then.

Your team isn't good enough to overlook Green Bay.

[Colonel Angus]

This sucks. There is no edge to the Packers Bears game Sunday now. I wanted to see the Packers stomp the Bears as they put forth their best effort for a first round bye. This game is almost meaningless now...

[Rush]

Your team isn't good enough to overlook Green Bay.

Oh my bad, for some reason I thought they had a 1st round bye in the playoffs.
:lolwut:

[Colonel Angus]

It looks like the next meaningful game the Bears will play will be against the Saints at Soldier Field in the Divisional Playoffs.

Place your bets now.

[Rush]

I remember the last time NO came to Soldier Field and was supposed to drop a bomb on us.