Chicago Bears: What to watch for during team’s bye weekon November 21, 2020 at 2:00 pm

In Chicago’s division, the NFC North, it seems like there is no chance that they win it over the Green Bay Packers at this point. Green Bay plays a good Indianapolis Colts team this Sunday but they will probably win the division no matter what the outcome of the game is. The Minnesota Vikings are surging up the standings. They play a bad Dallas Cowboys team on Sunday and if they take care of business there, they will be 5-5 just like the Bears. Even the Detroit Lions are threatening to tie the Bears in the Division and will if they defeat the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

None of the teams in the NFC East have any impact on the Bears at all. One of those horrible teams is going to win the division by default and the rest of them will have top-ten picks in the draft. Whoever wins the division, in all likelihood, will be worse off for it.

In the NFC West, the Seattle Seahawks look like they are going to win the division. The Los Angeles Rams and Arizona Cardinals are both looking to be Wild Card teams from that division. Seattle just defeated the Cardinals on Thursday night football so that game is over. As for the Rams, they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.

The NFC South is a two-headed monster. One of the Buccaneers or New Orleans Saints will win the division and the other will be a higher-seeded Wild Card team. As mentioned before, Tampa Bay has the Rams in a huge matchup of great teams. As for the Saints, they are without Drew Brees as Jameis Winston will lead them against the Atlanta Falcons.

As you can see, the NFC is crowded with mediocre teams and then a couple of elite teams right now. The Bears are hoping to be one of the mediocre teams that sneak in but a lot needs to go their way. For the bye week, we just have to hope that they get a little healthier and develop a good plan for the Green Bay Packers in week 12. It is a tall and somewhat unrealistic task, but you just never know.