Already down pretty far with division conference the breakers with 2 of our 3 wins against the AFC. 9-7 probably doesn't get the Bears in the playoffs if I had to take a guess. I know it's way too early but I think the Bears are only a game out of a Wild Card spot if the season ended today. But the division/conference record could definitely hurt if it gets to a tiebreaker scenario. We still have 4 division games left - 2 against the crappy Lions, 1 against the Rodgers-less Pack, and the last week of the season against Minnesota who may have nothing to play for in that game. I know it's not likely to happen but it's nice to know that it's at least a remote possibility at this point of the season. So... 9 games left. Need 6 wins, 3 losses. 4 division. 3 conference. 2 non con. The two non cons are two of our easier games left other than SF (Cin, Cle). Lets say split division and 1-2 in the other (NO, SF, PHI) So 9-7, 2-4 division, 2-4 conference, 4-0 non con. Now maybe we blow an easier (Cle, Cin, or SF) game or two and go 9-7 by cleaning up in the remaining division games, but to end up in a good division/conference record for tie breaker, we'd be a decent bet to finish even better than 9-7. Our division is looking pretty average and 9-7 could win it, but may be a tie breaker scenario, which a team like Minny currently has the upper hand on. Limping in at a division winning 9-7 where we never throw more than 20 passes a game the rest of the season would be a pretty Bears-type season though. I'll take the under on a .500 record though.