Thread: Sterling Sharpe Gets It: Bears Underestimated

Saw today on Seiferts fb page that not one ESPN "expert" picked the bears over the saints this weekend, but all picked Detroit over KC.

While I give Detroit a lot of cred and expect them to do well, I cant believe it's a uninimous decision, and also the other way for the bears. I get kinda sick of this no respect bullshit.

Originally Posted by Jeff Pearlman

As a member of the media, I'll take up this cause: Something about the Bears remains, well, unconvincing. I know Cutler was unfairly maligned for wimping out, but, frankly, it still hangs over him and, to a degree, the team. Fair? No. But it looms. Also, the WRs are suspect. I just think it comes down to folks looking at the Green Bay offense vs. the Bears and thinking, "Mmm ... not quite."

The bears also have a much better defense and twice the running game that GB has. I still don't get it. How does GB go from barely making the playoffs to this dominant unbeatable team? They were beaten by Detroit late in the season last year for crying out loud.

The bears, even with their lackluster offense last season, competed very close with GB in those last two games and shutdown that dynamite offense.

Originally Posted by Riczaj01

Most media I hear is not picking NO b/c the Bears are bad; but b/c it's at NO and they are in desperate need of a win. It's really not about not respecting the Bears as much as it is having too much respects for Brees and the Saints.

As for Det, they should crush KC far worse then what Buffalo did.

Maybe I just don't give NO the credit that everyone else does. They also barely made the playoffs last year and brees looked like crap way too often last season. They also lost Colston didn't they? I don't think they are as good as Trent Dilfer likes to tell everyone they are. Before the season started, I didn't see the saints making the playoffs, but Atlanta might hand it to them.

Originally Posted by StarkyLuv

You mean the same Green Bay offense that the Bears shut down not one, not two, but THREE TIMES last season? That offense?

Although, I do understand what Pearlman's saying. We don't have sexy WR's and Cutler is no media darling. Bottom line, things will take care of themselves if the Bears keep winning.

Last year we came 3-0 and instead of getting credit for beating the medias team, Dallas, we got "yeah but Dallas...." wound up going to the NFCC and still don't get any cred. At this point who cares what they say? The wr's, though suspect, are not nearly as much of a concern as the OL.