Okay, so I'm going to start this thing as logically and unoptimistically as possible. The Bears, led by King Kyle and the New Monsters, open their season like this:
At Washington
Home Detroit
Home Cincinnati
Bye
At Cleveland
Now, other than the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins (and maybe the Browns), can you name a single team that can't say all four of these games are winnable? It's unlikely, especially with a defense as poised for greatness as da' Bears. We're going to know a lot about this season after these four games.
4-0 ("Oh my god, we may actually be a very good team.")
3-1 ("We should be in this thing right down to the wire.")
2-2 ("This is going to be an uphill climb but Orton is developing.")
1-3 ("This is going to be a long year.")
0-4 ("Fuck.")
Now let's be perfectly honest. The Bears END the season at Pittsburgh, home Atlanta, at the Pack and the Vikings (By the way, shit on the schedule makers for not making Minnesota come to Chicago in the winter.) If the Bears want to be at 9 wins and in the playoffs this season, they're going to need 7 or 8 wins coming into this final four.
Now does 4-0 or 3-1 sound imperative? You bet your ass it does.
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