Chicago Bears: Predicting The Final 8 Games of 2016
By Erik Lambert
The Chicago Bears have eight games left in the 2016 season. They’ve made clear their belief they can win out the rest of the way and make the playoffs.
Anything is possible of course. Despite being 2-6 they’re coming off their best performance of the year and have used the bye week to get several key players back. Of course everybody knows that winning eight games in a row in the NFL is almost unheard of. Nevertheless it looks like every contest left on their schedule is winnable.
So here is an updated rundown of each game, predicting what to expect and who the winner will be. Will the Bears somehow pull it off?
@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
A rematch from the 2015 season. The Bears won that game in Tampa 26-21. In terms of record neither team has shown much improvement. However, Chicago is playing a lot better of late while the Buccaneers are struggling. They are badly banged up at wide receiver and Jameis Winston is hurt too. To top it off their defense is among the worst in the NFL. With the Bears getting most of their best players back healthy, the results of this game should be fairly similar to last time.
Result: Win
@ New York Giants
This is going to be a really difficult matchup for the Bears. The strength of the New York Giants lay in their passing attack led by Eli Manning and his trio of receivers Odell Beckham, Victor Cruz and Sterling Shepard. Chicago has been thin in the secondary all season. They’ve made up for it with significant improvement up front but bad things could be in store if they can’t get to Manning. He’s only been sacked 11 times this season and is already over 2,200 passing yards.