Predicting The Final 10 Games Of The Bears Schedule
October 19, 2020, 2:40 PM CDT
The Bears are 5-1 for the first time since 2012. They started 7-1 that year but missed the playoffs. Let's predict how they finish this year in the rest of their games.
Week 7-@ Los Angeles Rams: W 30-26
Week 8-New Orleans Saints: W 27-23
Week 9-@ Tennessee Titans: L 25-24
Week 10-Minnesota Vikings: W 32-24
Week 11-Bye
Week 12-@ Green Bay Packers L 22-17
Week 13-Detroit Lions W 30-17
Week 14-Houston Texans W 24-17
Week 15-@ Minnesota Vikings W 25-22
Week 16-@ Jacksonville Jaguars W 30-13
Week 17-Green Bay Packers W 28-24
Look, this is a very ambitious prediction. 13-3? When I originally predicted 10-6? Yeah, but now I see what every team is capable of. The Saints are not who they have been. Same with the Vikings and Texans. Also, I do think the Bears will beat Green Bay at home to win the NFC North and the second seed in the NFC (Seattle will go 14-2 and get the one seed). I do think it's possible they lose more games, but this is just my prediction.
Weekly Wednesday Check-In: Week 6 Playoff Predictions
October 21, 2020, 9:15 PM CDT
Week 7 begins tomorrow with 2 horrific teams playing for a chance at a playoff spot. It's a Tankathon and a playoff push. But when you're in the NFC East it's hard what to predict. But let's predict the playoffs based up to Week 6.
NFC:
1 Seahawks (14-2)-Bye
2 Bears (13-3) vs Cardinals (10-6) 7
3 Buccaneers (11-5) vs Saints (11-5) 6
4 Cowboys (8-8) vs Packers (12-4) 5
AFC:
1 Kansas City Chiefs (14-2)-Bye
2 Baltimore Ravens (13-3) vs Cleveland Browns (10-6) 7
3 Tennessee Titans (12-4) vs Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5) 6
4 Buffalo Bills (11-5) vs Indianapolis Colts (12-4) 5
Now I know what some of you may be thinking. "Ethan, the Browns in the playoffs? What is wrong with you!" Now hear me out. This team was exposed against Pittsburgh, but remember they beat Indy. I could have put Vegas in there but I don't see them getting in. New England is also a sleeper team to predict. Also, the Niners aren't the team they were last year. Time for the predictions to all the games:
NFC:
Bears beat Cardinals
Saints beat Buccaneers
Packers Beat Cowboys
AFC:
Ravens beat Browns
Titans beat Steelers
Bills beat Colts
Divisional Round:
NFC:
Seahawks beat Saints
Bears beat Packers
AFC:
Chiefs beat Bills
Ravens beat Titans
Conference Championships:
NFC:
Seahawks beat Bears
AFC:
Chiefs beat Ravens
Super Bowl:
The defending champions versus the return of the Seahawks. I like how everyone thought the Seahawks were dead after 2017, but then they come back and are 5-0. With that being said, the last time a team repeated as Super Bowl Champions was in 2004 when the Patriots beat the Eagles. It finally happens again.
Chiefs beat Seahawks 34-28 (OT)
Yes an overtime game. This ironically has the same score as 28-3 finished. But it will be a shootout the whole game with Wilson getting picked off and Patrick Mahomes finding Travis Kelce for an 18 yard touchdown.
A couple more announcements. Podcasts will return shortly. Mock Draft 2.0 will return on retro format (AKA Google Docs) because those can take a few days to make. This will be the case for all mocks moving forward. Lastly, a new tab called Power Rankings will come shortly.
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Cairo Santos, in honor of him being named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week
Weekly Wednesday Check-In: Week 8 Predictions
October 28, 2020, 9:11 PM CDT
Today, we predict each game for week 7, starting with the Bears-Saints game Sunday at 3:25.
Bears Game:
New Orleans Saints 26 @ 27 Chicago Bears [Upset of the Week]
TNF:
Atlanta Falcons 25 @ 31 Carolina Panthers
Sunday Noon Games:
Minnesota Vikings 22 @ 48 Green Bay Packers
Tennessee Titans 34 @ 31 Cincinnati Bengals
New York Jets 3 @ 55 Kansas City Chiefs [Lock of the Week]
Indianapolis Colts 21 @ 11 Detroit Lions
Pittsburgh Steelers 37 @ 40 Baltimore Ravens
Los Angeles Rams 34 @ 27 Miami Dolphins
New England Patriots 19 @ 30 Buffalo Bills
Las Vegas Raiders 33 @ 35 Cleveland Browns
Sunday Afternoon Games:
Los Angeles Chargers 22 @ 25 Denver Broncos (OT)
(Bears-Saints See Above)
San Francisco 49ers 33 @ 39 Seattle Seahawks (OT)
SNF:
Dallas Cowboys 6 @ 18 Philadelphia Eagles
MNF:
Buccaneers 36 @ 14 New York Giants
Complain all you want, but these are my picks. Next week will cover how the rookies have fared halfway through the season. Mock Draft 2.0 is currently in the works. I am on pick 10. It should be released within the next week, so stay tuned.
What If The Bears Took Deshaun Watson 2nd In 2017?
November 18, 2020, 9:44 PM CST
We all know the story. The Bears traded up for the #2 overall pick, they drafted Mitch Trubisky, and Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes went later in the draft. Mahomes was a risky pick (like a certain Aaron Rodgers) and Watson had won a national championship. Personally, I wanted Watson. So let’s go back to 2017.
“With the second pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select, Deshaun Watson. Quarterback, Clemson.”
The Bears take Deshaun Watson, still trading up with the Niners to get him. Trubisky ends up falling to #12, where the Houston Texans select him. Mahomes still goes at #10 to the Chiefs. Now this is where things shake up. The Bears, instead of Adam Shaheen, select George Kittle. Side note, everything else that happens in the draft still occurs, except now, Adam Shaheen goes to the Broncos, and Jake Butt goes to the 49ers. This is irrelevant by the way.
In year 1, the Bears start 0-2. But now, they plug in Watson and take out Mike Glennon. They still end up beating Pittsburgh, because Watson is better than Glennon. They end up losing to Green Bay, but win their next 3. They lose 2 straight to start 4-5, but beat Detroit to start 5-5. They go 6-6 after Philly (loss) and San Francisco (they win, lost in real life. I was actually at this game). The rest of the year plays as normal, and the Bears finish 8-8. They still fire John Fox and hire Matt Nagy. The Khalil Mack trade goes down as well, and the Bears sign Allen Robinson. But now we get to the 2018 NFL Draft, not much changes. The Niners still get Mike McGlinchy, just one pick earlier. Roquan Smith goes to the Bears still, just a few picks later. But let's go back to free agency. The Bears approach guard Andrew Norwell, they want him as protection for their young star. So Norwell signs with Chicago.
2018. Things change. The Bears go 14-2 with wins over Green Bay in week 1 and the New York Giants in week 13. They lock up the top seed in the NFC. The Chiefs are still 13-3. The Texans are 9-7 with Mitch. NFC Championship Game. Bears vs Saints. The Bears dominate, and go to the Super Bowl to face the Chiefs. The Chiefs beat a Texans team in the AFC Championship game, and that Texans team beat the Patriots the week prior. In the Super Bowl, it’s close. But in the end, the Chiefs prevail. After a year of speculation, the Bears move Kyle Long to Atlanta for pick #14, and needing a running back, they take Josh Jacobs. David Montgomery ends up falling to the Patriots.
The 2019 NFL Season. Halfway through the year, Bill O’ Brian is fired from the Texans after an 0-5 start, and they end up hiring Kevin Stefanski, who will help change Mitch into the QB of the future. But back to the Bears, they go 15-1. After a good playoff run, the Bears go back to the Super Bowl. But who do they face? A rematch of the previous year. Bears-Chiefs. Can Chicago break the Miami curse? In a hard fought game, with 5 seconds left, they are about to lose. Down 5 and one chance, Watson throws a hail mary. And who catches that hail mary? None other than Allen Robinson of course. The Bears win the Super Bowl, and Watson is hailed as a hero. Both him and A-Rob get lucturative extensions, Watson a 6-year, 72 million dollar deal, and A-Rob a 3-year, 54 million dollar deal.
So yeah, the Bears win the last Super Bowl. Now, in a perfect world, we would know how this season would play out, but we don’t so I can’t say how good Mitch would be under Stefanski. But let’s just say he goes 13-3 the next year, which is actually this year. Okay? Good. Stay tuned for more what if scenarios.
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