That is a ludacris statement, while I love Mike Brown, this team will not be 500 without him. How many games has he played the last 2 years, and yet the Bears are 24-8 duing the regular season. Last two years Bears 15-3 with Brown 9-5 without. For his career. The Bears are 45-40 with Brown and 13-14 without. When Brown went out last year our defense went from 1st to 13th. Then when Harris went out our defense went from 13th to 28th. How crazy was my statement? As goes Mike Brown so goes the Bears. 1) 9-5 is not .500(last I checked) 2) You can't count Brown's entire tenure with the Bears as some of those teams were very bad as a whole 1) You are also assuming the overall team this year will be as good as last year. IMO this is a 11-5, 10-6 team with Brown right now, and a 9-7, 8-8 team without. (as of right now, without draft, later fa signings, etc.) 2. No you cant, but the record shows that the Bears are a better team with him then without. I think you are wildly overating the impact of a single saftey. How do the Bears go from 13-3 (Edit: Duh) to 8-8 without a saftey who played 6 games last year?