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Ok, in the previous post we broke down the Bears playoff situation and it wasn’t too great. Well, last week, it got even worse. We will break it down again.

Essentially the only chance the Bears have of getting into the playoffs is if they win both remaining games, and the Vikings lose both remaining games.

The wildcard situation is virtually impossible to overcome now. Philly has a a better record by virtue of a tie being better than a loss. So they are in front of us and they still have to play Dallas, who is also in front of us. Here are the schedules of the teams that are in front of us both in schedule AND tiebreaker scenarios.

Atlanta Falcons (9-5) – has left -Minnesota (9-5), vs. St. Louis (2-12)
Tampa Bay (9-5) – has left – San Diego (6-8) vs. Oakland (3-11)
Dallas (9-5) – has left – Baltimore (9-5), at Philadelphia (8-5-1)
Philadelphia (8-5-1) – has left – Washington (7-7), vs. Dallas (9-5)

Basically 3 of those teams HAVE to lose out, and the Bears have to win out for us to get in. Atlanta is NOT going to lose to St. Louis, Tampa Bay is NOT going to lose to Oakland.

Here is what would have to hope for in a miracle situation for us to get a Wildcard:
Tampa Bay or Atlanta loses to one of their opponents this week, we would like for it to be Tampa Bay since Atlanta is playing Minnesota, so lets say TB. Tampa Bay loses to San Diego, and then by a Christmas Miracle they lose to Oakland as well. Then Dallas loses to Baltimore, Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson break up, TO and Jason Witten get into a fight, and they end up losing to Philly. The previous week however Philly lost to Washington for some strange reason, and vuala(spelling ?), we are in. Of course that is because we beat both Green Bay and Houston.

Here is what that looks like record wise:
Atlanta – (11 – 5)
Chicago – (10-6)
Tampa Bay (9-7)
Dallas (9-7)
Philadelpha (9-6-1)

I doubt all that is going to happen, and this scenario is more likely:
Vikings lose to both Atlanta and New York because Pat Williams is out and they have the #1 & #2 rushing offenses in the NFL. Then of course, like the scenario above, we win out.

That puts the division as follows:
Bears (10-6)
Vikings (9-7)
Packers (5-11) HAHA
Lions (0-16) wow

Any way you slice it, the Bears need help.

- Decatur Nate

Tags: Bears, bears playoff situation, Chicago, Playoffs, wildcard

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