Dan Peters
Sports Editor Suburban
Journals of Chicago
Bears get a
“Little Help from my Foes”
by Dan Peters
Bears received all
the help they needed on Sunday, now they need to do their part to
continue the quest to make the playoffs.
With
Atlanta’s impressive 24-17 victory over Vikings, the Bears
hopes of winning the NFC North remain alive. The Bears (8-6) can
capture the division with victories over the Packers Monday night and
Texans next Sunday coupled
with a Vikings (9-6) loss to the Giants next weekend.
Even if
Vikings defeat the Giants at the Metrodome, the
Bears can still make the playoffs as the NFC’s second and
final wildcard with a win over the Texans along with losses
by the Cowboys to the Eagles and the Buccaneers to the Raiders next
weekend.
It won’t be a
cake walk
Th Bears will have
to avenger their worst loss of the season, when the Green Bay Packers
trounced the Monsters of the Midway in Lambau Field 37-3.
The Bears should be
up for the task. So far this year, they
have shown resilance to come from behind an win the close games… but
also have shown a tendancy to lose those games when they dominate
early. They hope to avoid that tonight against the Packers.
The Packers are
playing for pride again against the Bears.
The intense rivalry will once again be played on the frozen tundra
known as Soldier Field. Game time temperatures will be frigid, with the
expected temperature to be in the single digits.
The “Card” are still
on the table for the Bears… The Bears wildcard
hopes are still alive after Sunday’s games thanks to the
Charger’s 41-24 win over Tampa Bay and Washington’s 10-3 victory over
Philadelphia. Still… some help
needed from their Foes…..
Next weekend the
Bears need losses by the Cowboys (9-6) because Dallas clinched the
strength of victory tiebreaker
over Chicago on Sunday and by the Buccaneers (9-6)
because Tampa Bay beat the Bears earlier this season. Because they lost
the tiebreaker to Dallas, the Bears would have been eliminated from the
playoffs Sunday had the Vikings, Buccaneers and Eagles all won their
games.
But all three lost,
giving the Bears a major boost as they
head into Monday night’s home game against the Packers.
