Chicago Bears: 6 Players Most to Blame for Team’s Record
Published by Timothy Hockemeyer on October 18, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
With a 3-3 record, the Bears could be in a worse position, but not much worse.
With the Bears heading to London for their Week 7 contest with Tampa Bay, they have the opportunity to head into their Week 8 bye with the same record they had last season at the same point with a win. And last season they won the NFC North and were the second seed in the playoffs.
But this isn’t last year.
Last year, the Packers were 3-3 at this point and the Lions were 1-5. This year, the Packers are undefeated and the Lions are 5-1, making a run to a second straight division crown seem all the more unlikely.
Still, the rest of the conference seems bound and determined to beat themselves, leaving the Wild Card race wide open. And you never know—Green Bay and Detroit have both had relatively easy schedules so far and have more difficult schedules moving forward. Anything is possible.
But the Bears have nobody to blame but themselves for the position that they find themselves in. Poor play and poor coaching have turned the team on it’s ear from where they were last year, similar record or not.
The entire team has to take some of the responsibility. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain players in particular who are more responsible for this mess than the others.
Today we’re going to call them out.
