2017 Chicago Bears Season Predictions

[leomaz2]

The time is here. Let's see what everyone sees ours Bears doing this season.

 

[leomaz2]

1. vs Atlanta.........W
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......W
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......W
7. vs Carolina.........L
8 @ New Orleans.....W
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......W
11. vs Detroit...........W
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........L
15. @ Detroit............L
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

9 - 7

 

[richig07]

The time is here. Let's see what everyone sees ours Bears doing this season.

Official 2017 Record Predictions

 

[leomaz2]

Official 2017 Record Predictions

Sorry, I should have said game by game predictions

 

[richig07]

Sorry, I should have said game by game predictions

Ah, I see. Cool. Yeah, I just thought maybe you didn't see my thread.

 

[richig07]

1. vs Atlanta.........W
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......L
7. vs Carolina.........W
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......W
11. vs Detroit...........W
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........L
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

1st Half: 3-5
2nd Half: 5-3

TOTAL: 8-8
2nd in the North
*NO PLAYOFFS*

Final North Standings

1 - Green Bay 12-4
2 - Chicago 8-8
3 - Minnesota 6-10
4 - Detroit 5-11

NOTES: Bears prove what many with knowledge of the team feel to be true. Which is that they have more talent than they're given credit for. They struggle with a tough schedule early on, but hold their own in most every contest and prove that they're not a team to be taken lightly. Then, the W's start to roll in during the second half of the season a bit. The run game and defense both show very promising signs. However, at the end of the day, their offensive fire power just isn't enough to push them to a winning record or a wild card spot.

There won't be a post-season for the Bears, but feelings of optimism begin to build in Chicago heading into the off-season. The Bears commit full-time to Mitch Trubisky as their starting QB, and all systems are a go to add the necessary pieces to make a run towards a playoff spot in the 2018 campaign.

 

[leomaz2]

1. vs Atlanta.........W
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......L
7. vs Carolina.........W
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......W
11. vs Detroit...........W
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........L
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

3-5 first half
5-3 second half

TOTAL: 8-8
2nd in the North
*NO PLAYOFFS*

Final North Standings

1 - Green Bay 12-4
2 - Chicago 8-8
3 - Minnesota 6-10
4 - Detroit 5-11

Damn 1-7 on the road. I can see it though

 

[richig07]

Damn 1-7 on the road. I can see it though

Yeah, I mean, obviously I could switch a few things up to get to the final record of 8-8. I honestly didn't even realize that I had them at 1-7 on the road. It's just easier (on paper) to pick road games as losses.

As always, there will be a surprise victory or two. To go along with a loss or two we didn't expect.

 

[leomaz2]

Yeah, I mean, obviously I could switch a few things up to get to the final record of 8-8. I honestly didn't even realize that I had them at 1-7 on the road. It's just easier (on paper) to pick road games as losses.

As always, there will be a surprise victory or two. To go along with a loss or two we didn't expect.

True.....it's why I have them beating Atlanta in game 1

 

[wood20ks]

1. vs Atlanta.........L
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......L
7. vs Carolina.........L
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......W
11. vs Detroit...........L
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........W
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

6-10..Best I see it.......

I don`t see howard carrying this team enough to make it morethan six wins............Defense should be better,but still,not enough.

 

[richig07]

1. vs Atlanta.........L
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......L
7. vs Carolina.........L
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......W
11. vs Detroit...........L
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........W
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

6-10..Best I see it.......

I don`t see howard carrying this team enough to make it morethan six wins............Defense should be better,but still,not enough.

Really depends on how that first half goes. I feel like we can steal a couple, and odds are a team or two on the schedule won't be as daunting as we expect.

D is going to be top 5 if they stay healthy, IMO.

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Based off their draft choices and fa moves, they want to suck 1 more year. I think they are closer to 0-16 than 8-8

 

[wood20ks]

Really depends on how that first half goes. I feel like we can steal a couple, and odds are a team or two on the schedule won't be as daunting as we expect.

D is going to be top 5 if they stay healthy, IMO.

TBBalt,car and NO very well could be wins.........But I just don`t have enough confidence in our offense.........With Cam M. on the shelf,i`m not liking our passing game much.........Not that he`s a topnotch wr,but hey he made some strides last season.

And as for our D..........

 

[allup8679]

1. vs Atlanta.........L
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......W
7. vs Carolina.........W
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......L
11. vs Detroit...........W
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........W
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

8-8

When the schedule first came out, I struggled to find a victory until Nov/Dec. But the preseason gave me hope. I think that the defense will be salty and we'll catch some teams off guard.

 

[richig07]

Based off their draft choices and fa moves, they want to suck 1 more year. I think they are closer to 0-16 than 8-8

They were an 8-8 team last year, who lost the majority of starters on both sides of the ball and played 4 QB's. The QB who played the most games, being a guy they brought in mid-season and no longer has a job in the NFL. Hell, 3 wins is a miracle in those circumstances. I don't see how anyone could have done better with that hand dealt.

 

[richig07]

1. vs Atlanta.........L
2. @ Tampa Bay.....L
3. vs Pittsburgh......L
4. @ Green Bay......L
5. vs Minnesota......W
6. @ Baltimore.......W
7. vs Carolina.........W
8 @ New Orleans.....L
9. BYE............
10. vs Green Bay......L
11. vs Detroit...........W
12. @ Philadelphia.....L
13. vs San Fran.........W
14. @ Cincinnati........W
15. @ Detroit............W
16 vs. Cleveland........W
17. @ Minnesota........L

8-8

When the schedule first came out, I struggled to find a victory until Nov/Dec. But the preseason gave me hope. I think that the defense will be salty and we'll catch some teams off guard.

IMO, we'll steal one of those first two home games vs PIT or ATL. Not sure which, but I'd bet on it.

It's irrelevant, but in our existence, I don't think we've never lost to PIT at home, and are historically phenomenal against them.

I remember being at the game in 2009 when Jeff Reed missed two different 4th quarter 30 yard kicks which would have put the game on ice for Pittsburgh, and Cutler went down for two scoring drives to get his first win as a Bear.

 

[richig07]

Based off their draft choices and fa moves, they want to suck 1 more year. I think they are closer to 0-16 than 8-8

Oh, and I reject the notion that you can simply suck for four consecutive years. Then say "Okay, turn the switch on now!". Teams rarely burst out of nowhere onto the scene. They slowly form over a few years. For every team that jumps from 4-12 to 11-5. There's four or five teams that had to do it the old fashioned way.

 

[Payton]

I feel like 6-10, but don't ask me which 6...

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

Oh, and I reject the notion that you can simply suck for four consecutive years. Then say "Okay, turn the switch on now!". Teams rarely burst out of nowhere onto the scene. They slowly form over a few years. For every team that jumps from 4-12 to 11-5. There's four or five teams that had to do it the old fashioned way.

Okay, with only putting 5 minutes of research in, I have found that the Cowboys went 4-12, then turned around and went 13-3. I'm not going to waste time researching a claim you probably made blindly. It's too much work to go find when every team became a playoff team and determine the jump they made. I seem to remember the bears making big jumps like this the first year they make the playoffs. I believe picked benson at 4 the year we made the playoffs with Grossman. I'm going to call BS on your claim.

 

[richig07]

Okay, with only putting 5 minutes of research in, I have found that the Cowboys went 4-12, then turned around and went 13-3. I'm not going to waste time researching a claim you probably made blindly. It's too much work to go find when every team became a playoff team and determine the jump they made. I seem to remember the bears making big jumps like this the first year they make the playoffs. I believe picked benson at 4 the year we made the playoffs with Grossman. I'm going to call BS on your claim.

Lol... The reason you remember those jumps, is because they're out of the ordinary.

Also, give me a break with the Cowboys. That was an 11-5 team in 2014, who won a playoff game and came controversially close to beating GB in Lambeau. That was a team who had been perennially competitive for 7-8 years. Then, had a disastrous year where they lost their QB and star WR for the season in 2015, lost their two best defensive players and started 3 QB's. Then got healthy and had a rookie 4th rounder come out of nowhere to play even better than Romo ever had. That's a team who was expected to get healthy and be good.

Just like with the Bears in 2009, who lost Urlacher. Those two anecdotal pieces of evidence, aren't even teams who were going through a rebuild like we are. They were established teams, who had winning seasons and were expected to make a run (Peter King predicted Bears to the SB in 2009) and then lost key players. Then upon regaining health the next year, they went to the playoffs like was previously expected.

Yes, every couple of years or. There is a team who makes that jump. However, it is not the norm. The norm is not jumping from top 5 draft pick, to 11+ wins. Give me a break dude.

The norm would be the Oakland Raiders, who were in a rebuild like we are and took a young QB. Sucked for a year, went 7-9 and made strides the next. Then, in 2016, grabbed a WC berth. The Seahawks with the way they came along from a shitty latter part of the 2000's, to 7-9, 8-8 into finding their QB and hitting their stride defensively to go 11-5 in 2012 and winning the SB in 2013.