They are without:Their #1 DT who disrupts everything (Harris)
Their WLB is given the seek and destroy mission on just about every down (Briggs)
Both of their physical, route-jumping, aggressive corners (Tillman and Vasher)
Their playmaking free safety who is one of the emotional leaders of the D (Brown)
Banged up, but healthy enough to play include:
One of their best pass rushers (Ogunleye)
The hard hitting SS who plays like an LB (Archuleta)
Their best pass rusher at DT (Walker)
At corner, hey will be forced to start Ricky Manning, who is one of those corners who is great in the nickel, but can get burned against starting quality WRs, and Danieal Manning, who has bounced between safety and corner for his whole career. The nickel back and starting FS will be late round rookies from this year's draft. There is no team that puts your nickel/dime backs and safeties more in play than Detroit. Unless Payne and Mannings summon up valiant performances, and Anderson & co harass Kitna all day, it will be a long day for the Chicago secondary.
Let's also not forget that it wouldn't matter if there was an All Century defense out there, Martz would still try to throw all day against it.
