Chicago Bears 2011 Predictions: Outcomes For All 16 Regular Season Games
Published by Timothy Hockemeyer on August 16, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The midweek task is daunting. Rosters aren’t set. Injuries have yet to occur. And yet, here we are.
We are going to take a stab at predicting the 16 games regular season schedule for the Chicago Bears.
Unfortunately, I smashed my crystal ball last year when it showed the the carnage that was to come in the 2010 Week 4 meeting between the Bears and the Giants. I mean, who wants to watch that?
So this year, we’ll take a look at the teams as we know them now and try to make some educated guesses on what is over the horizon for the Bears.
So remember, these predictions are based on the current rosters and coaching staffs, what teams accomplished last season and how those roster and coaching changes will evolve those teams. We’ll also try to access the quality of depth in case of injury.
The Bears improved over the offseason. But this didn’t happen in a vacuum. The Packers, Lions and Vikings all improved as well, and so did the majority of the rest of the teams in the league.
Many will look and say that the Bears acquired Gabe Carimi, Stephen Paea, Roy Williams and Marion Barber and that has to count for “X” number of wins gained. But that assumes that other teams stayed the same, which we know is not the case. There is no mathematical formula to determine how many wins new acquisitions will garner or fresh departures will cost.
Taking all of that into account, let’s dust off the magnifying glass rather than the crystal ball and take a stab at predicting the 2011 Chicago Bears regular season games.
