Chicago Bears: What You Need to Know Heading into Week 10
Published by Bear Heiser on November 5, 2014
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
Time is running out for the Chicago Bears.
Sitting at 3-5 with eight games to play, the Bears will need to win seven of the final eight games just to be in the conversation of playoff teams. As the Arizona Cardinals learned last season, having 10 wins doesn’t necessarily get you into the dance. Attaining 10 wins seems like an awfully daunting task for Chicago anyway.
As head coach Marc Trestman said last week, “I think the No. 1 thing we’ve got going for us right now is we’re into the bye…”
The coach isn’t wrong, either. The bye week came at the best possible time for the Bears. Taking time away from football is something this team needed. The ugly losses, the rumored in-fighting, the reports of a leadership void, the accounts of a head coach in turmoil—that’s enough to destroy a team.
That’s why Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers is a must-win for the Trestman-led Bears. If the Bears go to Lambeau Field and lose badly, you can kiss the rest of the season goodbye. It’ll all be over, folks. The Bears would have to win out just to hit 10 victories. Sadly, this Bears team couldn’t win its way out of a wet paper bag.
So that’s why the Bears must—always—beat the Packers. Always beat the Packers!
Talking about beating the Packers and actually going out and beating them are two different things. Your Bears-Packers game preview with be out Thursday, but for now, let’s do a quick roundup of a few things you need to know heading into Week 10.
