Believe it or not, the Bears can clinch a first round bye with a win and a Cowboys loss against the Saints. Current Standings (Conf record in parethesis) Bears 10-2 (8-0) Saints 8-4 (7-1) Cowboys 8-4 (5-3) OK so all the teams have 4 games to play. Next week the Saints and the Cowboys play each other. The winner is in the drivers seat, the loser is in trouble. So assume a Bears win next week, the Bears clinch at least a tie for the bye week with only tie breakers that would do us in because either the Saints or the Cowboys will lose. So if the Cowboys win (and Bears): Bears 11-2 (9-0) Cowboys 9-4 (6-3) Saints 8-5 (7-2) So the Bears would be up 3 games over the Saints with 3 to play, but cannot clinch because if the Bears lost out and the Saints won out, the Saints would have a better conference record (10-2 vs. 9-3) If the Saints and Bears win: Bears 11-2 (9-0) Saints 9-4 (8-1) Cowboys 8-5 (5-4) In this scenario, the Bears would be up 3 games over the Cowboys with 3 to play, and would clinch a bye because if the Bears lost out and the Cowboys won out, the Bears would have a better conference record (9-3 vs. 8-4) But, should this scenario the conference tiebreaker record for the Saints would be improved, and HFA might be tougher to clinch. That said here is the scenario for next week: IF THE BEARS WIN AND THE COWBOYS LOSE, THE BEARS CLINCH A FIRST ROUND BYE