The air is definitely out of the sails at this point, but I'm there til the end. Even if we make the playoffs, we probably aren't beating either the Saints or Packers with the way they are playing, so the odds were stacked against us pretty heavy to begin with. A loss in this game and I don't think the Bears get into the playoffs. This is the time teams need to step up, not back. Getting this win would put a lot of wind back in though. Shows they can win with Hanie, and there have been a lot of positive reports about Cutler and Forte coming back for the Christmas game. Get this game, have a lot of confidence going back home to face an inferior team in Seattle. And if you get Cutler and Forte back, I think there's a chance to beat GB or NO if the offense gets back to the way they were playing the last time Cutler was healthy. I may be overly optimistic about this team's chances, but I just don't think the other 21 players on this team are so bad that they can't win a single game without Cutler. This team has typically done pretty well under Lovie when the deck is stacked against them. Today is the Lovie Smith era in a nutshell. Reminds me of the Philly games the last 2 years. Media loves the team. Everyone keeps expecting the other shoe to fall against the Bears. Time to prove them all wrong again.