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Vikings TWICE down the stretch is brutal for a playoff push

Tough schedule, but I still feel encouraged. The amount of 1 score games we were in last year and the year prior with play calling and gameplanning that might as well have been drawing with sticks in the mud is what gives me encouragement. It'll be great to not have the color guys calling out pass or run from the booth for a change. I mean jeez... Opposing defenders and these genius defensive coordinators must have been licking their chops knowing what we were gonna run every down.

With the first 8 games, I think the Bears can split even at 4-4 or with some breaks 5-3.