Even though the Bears finished 10-6 this year, most of our wins came against scrub teams. Nobody is claiming that the Bears (or Lovie) actually SUCK, its just this track record of mediocrity that has been so frustrating as Bears fans. We have talent and are good enough to *almost* make the playoffs (or do a couple times), but are not bad enough to be basement dwellers with good draft positions.

So i went back and got some data on Lovie's tenure as HC of the ChicagoBears. Enjoy:

For the sake of this article, im approaching it as if it were BCS Team, noting quality wins (wins against teams that made the playoffs), our record against the playoff-bound teams, our record against .500 or less teams, and the number of games that were decided by 7 points or less

Key:
Number of games decided by 7 points or less
Record against Playoff-bound teams
Record against .500 and under teams ...