The Chicago Bears: Champs or Just Lucky Losers?

Are the Chicago Bears a truely great football team, or do they just get lucky and face weak opponents?

The Bears are now 8-1 after their recent victory against the New York Giants. The highlight of the game was after the Giants missed a 52-yard field goal attempt. The Missed field goal was received by the Bears's David Hestner who ran to make a touchdown tieing a record of 108-yards. This record was made almost exactly year ago by the bears. Hester made the touchdown on November 12, 2006 and the record was made on November 13, 2006.

This win is great, but the Bears will return to Giant Stadium to face the New York Jets who recently defeated the might New England Patriots. I believe this Jets win was good because instead of seeing the Jets as a weak team, they will be able to focus more. This is was happened in the game against the Cardinals which almost caused the Bears a loss. They almost lost because they lost focus because they believed the were going against a weak team.

The same thing happened with the Miami Dophins. Some believe that the Dolphins are the cusred team that can only beat the Bears during a winning season, but I believe the Bears saw the Dolphins as a very weak team and they underestimated them; that is why they lost.


The Bears have a few problems in how they play.

1) They need to learn how to hold on to the ball! This I believe is the major reason the Bears are never really able to reach their full potential. They turn the ball over too much and do not seem to be able to hold onto the ball. Whenever I see a Bears player catach the ball or recevie a handoff, I cringe in my seat hoping they don't drop it.


2) The Bears need to get to the first down mark. It seems the bears do not have possession of the ball for too long. They always end up punting the ball and never seem to get to the first down mark. Rex Grossman is a quarterback that specializes in long plays; use him! Don't just keep handing off the ball.

3) They need to focus. No matter who the team, or how good their reputation is; the Bears have to face each opponent with their wins/losses out of the picture. The Bears have to go into each game thinking its the Super Bowl. It's either you win or lose; and there's no room for mistakes.


The Chicago Bears have a lot of potential. They can be more than they are. It seems the Bears just need to keep their head in the game. We'll see how the Bears will do this Sunday against the Jets. It is up to the Bears whether they want to be champions, or just lucky losers.