Absolutely. I think it was 7 1/2. And the Bears O/U was 8 1/2. They are at 5 and there's no guarantee they beat Detroit in the season closer.The two number one picks are huge. Bears will be lousy for the next 3 years, minimum.
Lousy? Wanna bet?Offensive Skill positions are >26 years old(Cutler, Forte, Knox, Bennett, Olsen)Young First year starters- Chris Williams(24), Zach Bowman(25), Al Afalava(22)Young guys with potential that are developing and haven't contributed much- Jauron Gilbert(23), Henry Melton(23), Gaines Adams(26), DJ Moore(22), Juaquin Iglesias(22)Big Key is young and still developing...time and playing together will help emensly.One of the best ST's Units in the league- Maynard and Gould coming back are good....4 different returners have had TD's in the past few seasons(Hester, Manning, Knox, Bennett).Key Injuries....won't go real in-depth here because every team has injuries...however losing your defensive captain/leader in the first half of the first game is obviously not expected.....along with the SAM(Pisa).Coaching changes will happen.....this can only improve the bears as Ron Turner has proven at Illinois and Chicago that he is behind in the times and not a good play caller. Lovie hasn't resurrected the D as he thought would happen.So in the next few seasons they will be lousy....despite the young talent and coaching changes is a facetious statement.