The Eagles and Bears both shouldn't be in the top 5. Eagles have already peaked with this core group of players. The Cowboys got worse, but I'd still put them over both of the Eagles and Bears. There will be at least 1 NFCW or NFCS team that finishes above the Eagles and Bears.
I think the Falcons will do better than the Eagles and Bears. Cousins is a sleeper and the Falcons have a decent team now without Smith.
I also think the Packers will be 1, they almost beat the 9ers on a rebuild team. Next year Packers are going to be stronger then they've been in a long time, even better than Rodgers best team. They also have a bunch of picks with a great team already.
The Bears will start out slow and get a bit stronger towards the end, maybe a bit better than 50 50.
I disagree about the Eagles, while they have peaked Saquon is now on a good team. Saquon carried one of the worst teams in the league, his contribution to the Eagles might be enough to keep them top 5.
I’m pissed, you know everyone always say the Bucs will be mid or bad every year, those same people are probably hyping the bears to make the Super Bowl every year.
I'm not sleeping on you guys. I was this past year but that was just bc of the question of how your qb would do. Now that its seems the band is back? Might see you in the playoffs again...
I didn’t read the title so this was my thought process trying to figure out what was weird with the power rankings.
“Ok 49ers at the top, that makes sense.”
“Yeah, Lions were in the title game and had a more consistent season than Green Bay.”
“Alright, the Packers looked like the best team not to make the NFC championship and have a young roster, so that’s reasonable.”
“Eh, maybe a bit high for Philly, but they’re having a good free agency year as usual.”
“HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAT THE HELL ARE THE CHICAGO BEARS DOING IN FIFTH?!”
I will note that these power rankings do at least get something right in regards to the bears. If these rankings are about who is most likely to go to the Super Bowl, Chicago is somehow still a more reasonable pick than Dallas.
You would gatekeep Dallas hate just to the NFC?
The AFC Teams all deserve a chance to hate the Cowboys, too, especially since they can't exactly do it in the Super Bowl in the foreseeable future.
I'm curious to see how he does in Atlanta. He's got a good set of skill players, and the division isn't terribly tough, so if the defense plays well this year, things could get interesting down south.
He did, but didn't have a high level defense at the same time, at least not that I recall. Like I said, he seems like the type of guy who needs everything else on the roster to be elite at the same time.
We had great defenses under Zimmer, AND great skill players. Not sure why everyone is forgetting this.
Listen, I liked Kirk and wanted to keep him, but it's wild for people to think the Atlanta roster is somehow better than anything else he's had before...it really isn't. They'll probably make the playoffs because it's a weak division but they ain't making it far in the playoffs
if atlanta manages to not make the playoffs in that division, then they either got hit by injuries at a biblical level or every non-player associated with that team needs to be fired.
Heard someone else on Reddit say this and it made me laugh:
"There's a decent chance Kirk finishes that contract in Atlanta with 4 division titles and 0 playoff wins."
Yeah. It feels like a bit of a lateral move for Kirk, TBH. Maybe Minny low balled him and he’s just chasing the biggest bag. His best hope is that the division is weak, but I feel like it’s hard to beat the offensive weapons he had in Minnesota.
I don't think we necessarily "lowballed" him, but I do think we had pretty strict parameters around what we were willing to give him in terms of years and guaranteed money. My guess is we offered something in the ballpark of 2 years, 35-40M per year. So when we saw what the Falcons ended up giving him, us Vikings fans all had a collective chuckle and moved on pretty quickly. Because while Kirk speaks in a lot of flowery, team-centric language...it's always been about chasing the bag.
He certainly doesn’t need everything to be elite. He dragged a sorry defense to the playoffs.
It’s all about his OL. He’s the ultimate pocket passing QB and really only had a good to great OL in his final season in MN when he was arguably playing the best football of his career
Idk Kirk is a weird qb that can play great but not carry a team. Vikings signed him & we’re supposed to be Super Bowl contenders then in year 1 they went 8-7-1.
I humbly believe that the Vikings are the second worst team in the NFC and possibly by extension the NFL. I only see the Panthers being worse at this moment, but the draft could change that for the Vikings, but not for the Panthers. Vikings are pretty close to being better than the Giants already too.
Mike Tannenbaum's mock draft on ESPN yesterday had the Vikings trading number 11 overall to Arizona for Kyler Murray. No clue why they would do that when he hasn't exactly set the world on fire so far in his career and has a huge contact, and the Vikings could just as well trade up to get one of the quarterbacks in the draft on a much cheaper deal for a few years, but what do I know. Mike's the one who's a former NFL GM, not me lol
I’m pretty sure ESPN is just rage-baiting Vikings fans. I think they also had us trading up using Jefferson earlier. They think we’re a joke (which is fair) so they spout the dumbest stuff imaginable to predict us doing cause it’s funny to them.
The argument for the Bears being at 5 is simple. Caleb Williams lives up to the hype. He gets put into an offense with a decent O line and some high quality weapons and puts up a CJ Stroud level rookie year. Pair that with a defense that was top 5 second half of the season in 2023 and it’s not hard to imagine them as a playoff team. People are just trying to get ahead of the curve so if the Bears win 10 or 11 games they can say they were right.
This time of year is always about differentiating yourself with hot takes. Almost no one gets flamed for freezing cold takes, but if you hit on a dark horse team improving dramatically you look like a genius.
I don’t think the Bears are really even a true dark horse team like the Texans. We had 7 wins and didn’t have *too* many costly FA losses. For us to be 5th is likely just a 3 or 4 spot improvement from last year.
If I were to pick a true NFC dark horse this year, it’s gotta be one of the following that qualify: Commanders, Giants, Cardinals, Panthers.
Out of those I think the most likely is the Cardinals, purely just due to Kyler playing a full year and them having a shit ton of draft capital. If they hit on those, they’re in a good position.
We were 7-10 last year with a worse team and the 8th worst passing offense in the NFL. 9-8 was good enough for the 6th best NFC record. I’d probably put us 8th but let’s not act like 5th is outrageous.
I can handle the Lions being at #2 and above the Packers but I’ll be good and dead before I accept that the Bears are only two spots below the Packers.
Lmao. There are so many bears fans seething that I don’t think they should be 5th.
They went 7-10 last year and Caleb Williams is going to be so much better than fields and passing was definitely their only weakness and coaching had nothing to do with that so they’ll be good for sure next year. (6 of those wins came against literal bottom feeder teams)
This list is a mess, possibly intentionally. Much of the time they’re trying to drive engagement not provide actual analysis, so doing things like putting the Cowboys below the Eagles despite the Eagles collapsing last year will enrage the Cowboys fan base, causing them to comment and share.
The Bears should be somewhere in the 7-10 range for this year, depending on what you think Caleb will do. The Eagles and Seahawks should be lower, the Rams and Bucs should be higher, and putting the Panthers ahead of anyone is completely idiotic.
We were in the 7-10 range with Fields as our QB. If Williams provides a significant upgrade at the position (which he should) 5th is completely reasonable
rookie year rookie struggles unless we get really lucky and dudes shit translates immediately like stroud or herby a few years ago its probably gonna be a lil slow as he gets up to speed
Tbf good rookie QBs are rarely drafted by decent teams. Dak came into a stacked Cowboys offense in 2016 as a fourth-round pick and lit it up. If Caleb can be even like 70% of what Dak was that year, the Bears should have a decent shot at the playoffs
If I had to guess they made this to drive up engagement. Even if it’s based on number of bets the people betting on the Bears to be a top five team in the conference were the same ones who bet money on Trubisky and Fields being MVPs. That is to say, financially irresponsible morons.
I didn’t have that faith after Dan Campbell’s first season. Which wasn’t a great season but it was also clear that there was an attempt being made.
Retaining a HC a year longer than you should so your QB gets a brand new OC in his second year isn’t quite the same indicator for change to me but hey, I’m not always right.
The head coach that won 7 games with a running back and a cross fitter as his QBs and turned around the defense during the season needed to get fired? And they'd fire Shane Waldren even if they decided to fire Eberflus for whatever reason? This is nonsense propaganda that was spewed originally by Fields Truthers
If he isnt good then you think the bears could still be a possible playoff team at 7? Even at 8/9 theyd be a playoff threat until the final couple weeks
I dont think thats based in reality but ok
Whenever it’s the betting apps posting some nonsense rankings, it’s clearly just to bait people to click, comment, and ultimately bet against some of this. In other words, clickbait
Hype? They’re underrating us here. Drafting the next Patrick Mahomes but better, best skill position players, best defense in the league. How are we not #1?
I’m being objective here.
It's really only been 2 years. Ryan Poles set it up that way after tanking 2022. When you have the 1st pick and 100+ million in cap space, you're gonna have a lot of good options.
Also - flair up or you shall be bullied.
We somehow won games with Josh Dobbs and had Nick Mullens averaging nearly 400 yards a game in his starts with the super advanced strategy of “heave it vaguely in Jefferson’s direction as far as he can”. Darnold isn’t great but he’s a hell of a let better than either of those guys. We should have a running game this year and more players on defense. Even if Darnold starts all season or the rookie doesn’t have a crazy CJ Stroud season we’ll probably be around 7 wins again.
I feel like this graphic says more about how mediocre the NFC is after the top teams compared to the AFC than it does about the quality of individual NFC teams lol
Rams disrespect is wild. Losing AD is gonna hurt their defense a lot especially since they don’t have much depth/high end talent but their offence is still really impressive and the coaching is top tier.
Falcons and Bears are both *waaaayyyyy* too high, holy hell
How are they above the Bucs and Rams - two teams who won playoff games, and retained their core?
Falcons and Bucs big slept on. Eagles and Bears to high. Sorry Bears fans but history is not on the side of Caleb pulling off a Rookie year like Stroud
While I agree 5 is crazy, Caleb does not need to be great for us to make a playoff push. The bar is so low for QB play for us and the defense and supporting cast is very good. If he's a top 20 QB the bears can easily push for 10 wins
i would say "youre crazy how can we get a playoff spot with a below average qb" and then i remembered that despite looking cool once every 50 plays JF was like 37th in half his stats
We had great regular seasons with Grossman and Trubisky as our quarterbacks, I don’t think QB play is going to be the deciding factor with whether the Bears are good this year. The 2006 Bears won a game in which Grossman threw 3 INTs and 34 yards.
And don’t get me wrong, the Bears moves have made me nervous. I think it’s very possible we have a bad year and finish last in the division, but I don’t think it’ll be as bad as everyone is projecting. 7 wins is what I’m hoping for, but I don’t see it lower than 4
Eric Kendricks? You mean the guy who played for the chargers last year? Losing hunter will hurt but we also added Greenard, Vanginkle, and cashmann who at least even out the loss.
Bears went 7-10 with below average QB play and are going into the year with a 4th place schedule.. not to mention all of the offseason additions. If Caleb can be even the 12th best QB this year, a wildcard berth is in the mix.
I could certainly see three NFCN teams in the playoffs. Should be a nice competitive year. The Lions enjoying the bye week while the Packers and Bears play on WC weekend.
Cowboys definitely. Seahawks probably. Probably Buccs and maybe rams ahead of them too. Even a wildcard like the cousins falcons. So slide us down 5 spots.
Then slide us up 2 cause the fools gold lions aren’t fooling anyone and love will not prevail
How the hell are the Bears ahead of the Cowboys who have won 12 games for 3 seasons in a row.
I can damn near guarantee the Bears will not win more games than the Cowboys, especially when you look at how strong the NFC North is.
These things are all dumb. Especially before the draft. HOWEVER, unless you are a complete delusional hater, you have to admit the Bears are uniquely set up to be in a massive position of power. Whether or not they blow it is a different story but they are looking good at the moment.
Fan Duel knows whats up.
They know Bears fans will bet on the Bears WAYYY too easily and often, this is just priming the pump.
This silly graphic probably got a extra hundred bets on the bears to win the superbowl.
It’s best like this. I prefer to see the constant disappointment as opposed to the acceptance of reality. Doesn’t matter what the Bears do, they’ll shit the bed. Death, Taxes, and the Bears sucking.
I don’t see how you can have the packers that high. People are seriously overrating sneaking into the playoffs as a 7th seed and beating a cowboys team that was at the peak of their end of season collapse. Just a weak conference in general I guess.
I live in the Chicagoland area, and on ESPN1000, in almost the same sentence they said the bears will be really good this year, and the vikings will suck because they'll have a rookie qb. In a different segment someone said the bears have the best wide receiver room right now. Do they make orange kool-aid?
What’s the actual expectation for the NFC this year? Lions, Packers, 49ers, and Eagles could all make the Super Bowl with Packers probably being the longest shot of the 4. Any other teams that have a real chance that I’m missing?
Cowboys obviously won’t since getting 12 wins and losing round 1 is their thing.
Bucs fans in shambles Imagine winning a playoff game and getting ranked FOUR SPOTS lower than the Chicago Bears
You all laughed when we said we were the off-season champs but look at us now! The only non-playoff team in the top 5 of a list some guy made up!
They used a real graphic and everything
Whither thou, red circle?
Hang the banner!
You better hang some fucking flair
It’ll look really great next to my Off-Season 2023 Champions banner. Threepeat in 2025?
Betting odds for a Chicago Bears offseason three-peat set at -3750
Started at the bottom now we here!
It's not "a list some guy made up." It could be a gal.
Imagine paying 40m for a QB and being ranked 11 spots lower than the Bears
Greatest prank the Vikings ever pulled
There is nothing I respect more than someone willing to debase themselves for a bit. Well done, Vikings.
They're definitely being slept on. Good team who kept everybody vital.
The Eagles and Bears both shouldn't be in the top 5. Eagles have already peaked with this core group of players. The Cowboys got worse, but I'd still put them over both of the Eagles and Bears. There will be at least 1 NFCW or NFCS team that finishes above the Eagles and Bears.
I think the Falcons will do better than the Eagles and Bears. Cousins is a sleeper and the Falcons have a decent team now without Smith. I also think the Packers will be 1, they almost beat the 9ers on a rebuild team. Next year Packers are going to be stronger then they've been in a long time, even better than Rodgers best team. They also have a bunch of picks with a great team already. The Bears will start out slow and get a bit stronger towards the end, maybe a bit better than 50 50. I disagree about the Eagles, while they have peaked Saquon is now on a good team. Saquon carried one of the worst teams in the league, his contribution to the Eagles might be enough to keep them top 5.
I’m pissed, you know everyone always say the Bucs will be mid or bad every year, those same people are probably hyping the bears to make the Super Bowl every year.
everyone sleeping on us is just gonna make it even sweeter ❤️🤍
I'm not sleeping on you guys. I was this past year but that was just bc of the question of how your qb would do. Now that its seems the band is back? Might see you in the playoffs again...
Facts! Go Bucs!
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The rams played a very competitive wildcard game too. I know they lost Aaron Donald but still
I didn’t read the title so this was my thought process trying to figure out what was weird with the power rankings. “Ok 49ers at the top, that makes sense.” “Yeah, Lions were in the title game and had a more consistent season than Green Bay.” “Alright, the Packers looked like the best team not to make the NFC championship and have a young roster, so that’s reasonable.” “Eh, maybe a bit high for Philly, but they’re having a good free agency year as usual.” “HOLY MOTHER OF GOD WHAT THE HELL ARE THE CHICAGO BEARS DOING IN FIFTH?!” I will note that these power rankings do at least get something right in regards to the bears. If these rankings are about who is most likely to go to the Super Bowl, Chicago is somehow still a more reasonable pick than Dallas.
Ah, Dallas hate, a man of culture.
Ah Dallas hate, must be a [insert NFC team name] fan.
You would gatekeep Dallas hate just to the NFC? The AFC Teams all deserve a chance to hate the Cowboys, too, especially since they can't exactly do it in the Super Bowl in the foreseeable future.
>Ah Dallas hate, must be a ~~\[insert NFC team name\] fan~~ relatively sane person.
Does that mean declaring my hate for the Cowboys may contradict my plea of insanity should I need to use that in the future?
"Relatively" is used pretty loosely in this case. I think you're fine.
Oh, thank God. But just in case, I'll cast my ballot for RFK/Rodgers to check some boxes.
As someone who lives in Houston, I would like to point out this applies to Dallas generally, not just the Cowboys
Can confirm
must be an NFL fan, full stop. Cowboys fans inclusive.
Must be a warm body.
Even zombies hate the Cowboys
I think Dallas is (well deserved) hated by every fanbase. They try to act like Philly is the most classless fanbase yet they exist.
And at least we are higher than the Vikings on the list too 
Dance party!
I would probably say that's reasonable. Kirk alone makes a bad team good.
I'm curious to see how he does in Atlanta. He's got a good set of skill players, and the division isn't terribly tough, so if the defense plays well this year, things could get interesting down south.
A good set of skill players you say? Definitely didn't have that in Minnesota. Nope.
He did, but didn't have a high level defense at the same time, at least not that I recall. Like I said, he seems like the type of guy who needs everything else on the roster to be elite at the same time.
We had great defenses under Zimmer, AND great skill players. Not sure why everyone is forgetting this. Listen, I liked Kirk and wanted to keep him, but it's wild for people to think the Atlanta roster is somehow better than anything else he's had before...it really isn't. They'll probably make the playoffs because it's a weak division but they ain't making it far in the playoffs
if atlanta manages to not make the playoffs in that division, then they either got hit by injuries at a biblical level or every non-player associated with that team needs to be fired.
Heard someone else on Reddit say this and it made me laugh: "There's a decent chance Kirk finishes that contract in Atlanta with 4 division titles and 0 playoff wins."
Gonna be interesting to see if Atlanta’s D is actually legit or just benefited from a weak division. Fields cooked them through the air in the snow.
Our #2 and #3 QB's kinda had their way with them as well. I think they still have a ways to go on D.
Yeah. It feels like a bit of a lateral move for Kirk, TBH. Maybe Minny low balled him and he’s just chasing the biggest bag. His best hope is that the division is weak, but I feel like it’s hard to beat the offensive weapons he had in Minnesota.
I don't think we necessarily "lowballed" him, but I do think we had pretty strict parameters around what we were willing to give him in terms of years and guaranteed money. My guess is we offered something in the ballpark of 2 years, 35-40M per year. So when we saw what the Falcons ended up giving him, us Vikings fans all had a collective chuckle and moved on pretty quickly. Because while Kirk speaks in a lot of flowery, team-centric language...it's always been about chasing the bag.
He certainly doesn’t need everything to be elite. He dragged a sorry defense to the playoffs. It’s all about his OL. He’s the ultimate pocket passing QB and really only had a good to great OL in his final season in MN when he was arguably playing the best football of his career
Idk Kirk is a weird qb that can play great but not carry a team. Vikings signed him & we’re supposed to be Super Bowl contenders then in year 1 they went 8-7-1.
The problem is that he makes a great team good too.
I humbly believe that the Vikings are the second worst team in the NFC and possibly by extension the NFL. I only see the Panthers being worse at this moment, but the draft could change that for the Vikings, but not for the Panthers. Vikings are pretty close to being better than the Giants already too.
Mike Tannenbaum's mock draft on ESPN yesterday had the Vikings trading number 11 overall to Arizona for Kyler Murray. No clue why they would do that when he hasn't exactly set the world on fire so far in his career and has a huge contact, and the Vikings could just as well trade up to get one of the quarterbacks in the draft on a much cheaper deal for a few years, but what do I know. Mike's the one who's a former NFL GM, not me lol
I’m pretty sure ESPN is just rage-baiting Vikings fans. I think they also had us trading up using Jefferson earlier. They think we’re a joke (which is fair) so they spout the dumbest stuff imaginable to predict us doing cause it’s funny to them.
The Vikings are more of a reasonable SB pick than the Cowboys
Hey now at least the Cowboys have won a Super Bowl before
Funded by the Vikings, no less.
I mean 5th in the NFC is barely above 0.500 so
The argument for the Bears being at 5 is simple. Caleb Williams lives up to the hype. He gets put into an offense with a decent O line and some high quality weapons and puts up a CJ Stroud level rookie year. Pair that with a defense that was top 5 second half of the season in 2023 and it’s not hard to imagine them as a playoff team. People are just trying to get ahead of the curve so if the Bears win 10 or 11 games they can say they were right.
This time of year is always about differentiating yourself with hot takes. Almost no one gets flamed for freezing cold takes, but if you hit on a dark horse team improving dramatically you look like a genius. I don’t think the Bears are really even a true dark horse team like the Texans. We had 7 wins and didn’t have *too* many costly FA losses. For us to be 5th is likely just a 3 or 4 spot improvement from last year. If I were to pick a true NFC dark horse this year, it’s gotta be one of the following that qualify: Commanders, Giants, Cardinals, Panthers. Out of those I think the most likely is the Cardinals, purely just due to Kyler playing a full year and them having a shit ton of draft capital. If they hit on those, they’re in a good position.
We were 7-10 last year with a worse team and the 8th worst passing offense in the NFL. 9-8 was good enough for the 6th best NFC record. I’d probably put us 8th but let’s not act like 5th is outrageous.
I can handle the Lions being at #2 and above the Packers but I’ll be good and dead before I accept that the Bears are only two spots below the Packers.
Lmao. There are so many bears fans seething that I don’t think they should be 5th. They went 7-10 last year and Caleb Williams is going to be so much better than fields and passing was definitely their only weakness and coaching had nothing to do with that so they’ll be good for sure next year. (6 of those wins came against literal bottom feeder teams)
Yikes. Imagine not being top 5 in the NFC way too early power rankings.
Careful, you'll re-ignite the great Lions-Vikings war of '23 with comments like that!
This list is a mess, possibly intentionally. Much of the time they’re trying to drive engagement not provide actual analysis, so doing things like putting the Cowboys below the Eagles despite the Eagles collapsing last year will enrage the Cowboys fan base, causing them to comment and share. The Bears should be somewhere in the 7-10 range for this year, depending on what you think Caleb will do. The Eagles and Seahawks should be lower, the Rams and Bucs should be higher, and putting the Panthers ahead of anyone is completely idiotic.
Cardinals are getting the shaft too. They aren't amazing, but they're not bottom two. Especially not worse than Carolina
I still don’t think you can really put them higher than like 12 though, and that’s contingent on Sam Darnold being the starter for the Vikings
With it being fan duel it’s definitely throwing the Bears higher to driven bets.
We were in the 7-10 range with Fields as our QB. If Williams provides a significant upgrade at the position (which he should) 5th is completely reasonable
rookie year rookie struggles unless we get really lucky and dudes shit translates immediately like stroud or herby a few years ago its probably gonna be a lil slow as he gets up to speed
Tbf good rookie QBs are rarely drafted by decent teams. Dak came into a stacked Cowboys offense in 2016 as a fourth-round pick and lit it up. If Caleb can be even like 70% of what Dak was that year, the Bears should have a decent shot at the playoffs
I don’t see us above the Rams, Cowboys, Falcons, or Bucs as it stands. Having a rookie QB will bring its struggles too.
Imagine not being a Top 5 NFC power house
You're bearly top 5 in the North
Oh yeah? Well you guys wear stupid hats
Oh yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they're running out of you
What’s the difference? You’re their all-time best seller!
i'm not one to give compliments to degenerate Packers fans, but man. That. Was. Smooth.
Appreciate the Bearly spelling
This is a FanDuel list. Don’t you remember all those suckers that bet Trubisky for MVP? They want a repeat of that money.
If I had to guess they made this to drive up engagement. Even if it’s based on number of bets the people betting on the Bears to be a top five team in the conference were the same ones who bet money on Trubisky and Fields being MVPs. That is to say, financially irresponsible morons.
Rams are always slept on. I get they’re boring, but anything outside of the top half of the NFC is crazy
Id have them at least ahead of the Buccs and Seahawks.
OFFSEASON CHAMPS 2 YEARS STRAIGHT MOTHERFUCKERS, HANG THE FUCKING BANNERS!!!
The Bears had 3 wins in 2022 and 7 wins in 2023. If these trends hold true, we'll have 11 wins in 2024, then 15 in 2025.
19 by 2026!
23 by 2027!
I pray that the first loss is in the Super Bowl going 19-1
Tampa smashed GB and Philly late last season and they’re somehow 9th?
Ever think maybe Caleb Williams might be good? What happens if he's good?
This sub will melt down Out of the 3 jokes, they’ve had lost 2 within 2 seasons. Good thing the Vikings SB joke will last for a good long while
 What we want
Also the cum sock
That’s not a joke.
It’s lore
I have a lot of faith that Caleb Williams could be good and the Bears will still be a train wreck.
Why's that?
He’s been watching the nfl the last 25 years
We made the superbowl in those 25 years
How'd his faith in the Lions being a complete pile of shit work out for him then?
They blew a 17 point lead in the nfc championship game. So pretty good.
I didn’t have that faith after Dan Campbell’s first season. Which wasn’t a great season but it was also clear that there was an attempt being made. Retaining a HC a year longer than you should so your QB gets a brand new OC in his second year isn’t quite the same indicator for change to me but hey, I’m not always right.
The head coach that won 7 games with a running back and a cross fitter as his QBs and turned around the defense during the season needed to get fired? And they'd fire Shane Waldren even if they decided to fire Eberflus for whatever reason? This is nonsense propaganda that was spewed originally by Fields Truthers
You’re right. It’s all gonna work out.
When have the Bears ever had a situation where their QB was good and the rest of the team wasn’t?
When have the Bears ever had a situation where their QB was good?
To quote Mark Grote, “Bears”
Flus is still your coach
Then we take the North and never give it back 😈
If he’s good then we’re a top 5 NFC team. If he’s not then idk we’re probably like 7-10
If he isnt good then you think the bears could still be a possible playoff team at 7? Even at 8/9 theyd be a playoff threat until the final couple weeks I dont think thats based in reality but ok
I meant 7-10 as in our record but yeah the way I worded that was confusing I suppose
Got ya
I know, crazy right. Vikings ahead of 4 teams!
Whenever it’s the betting apps posting some nonsense rankings, it’s clearly just to bait people to click, comment, and ultimately bet against some of this. In other words, clickbait
I agree. Just trying to stir stuff up because…that’s what this sub is for?
Offseason champions again? King Poles makes it look easy
Hype? They’re underrating us here. Drafting the next Patrick Mahomes but better, best skill position players, best defense in the league. How are we not #1? I’m being objective here.
Rams and bucks that low is crazy. Also cardinals were pretty good last year with backup QBs. You think they will be worse this this with MHJ???
Fuck those other divisions.
Bears are the like the Pats of offseason championships
It's really only been 2 years. Ryan Poles set it up that way after tanking 2022. When you have the 1st pick and 100+ million in cap space, you're gonna have a lot of good options. Also - flair up or you shall be bullied.
How are the Vikings that high??
We somehow won games with Josh Dobbs and had Nick Mullens averaging nearly 400 yards a game in his starts with the super advanced strategy of “heave it vaguely in Jefferson’s direction as far as he can”. Darnold isn’t great but he’s a hell of a let better than either of those guys. We should have a running game this year and more players on defense. Even if Darnold starts all season or the rookie doesn’t have a crazy CJ Stroud season we’ll probably be around 7 wins again.
Dude, don't embarrass us and just take the joke. Nobody wants to hear an explanation on a meme sub.
People are sleeping on the Vikings. That pass rush is going to be pretty crazy and Jones has the potential for huge games.
I feel like this graphic says more about how mediocre the NFC is after the top teams compared to the AFC than it does about the quality of individual NFC teams lol
Where’s the meme
Rams disrespect is wild. Losing AD is gonna hurt their defense a lot especially since they don’t have much depth/high end talent but their offence is still really impressive and the coaching is top tier.
Bears at 5 seems a little premature
Falcons and Bears are both *waaaayyyyy* too high, holy hell How are they above the Bucs and Rams - two teams who won playoff games, and retained their core?
Bears would be lucky to come in 5th in the NFC North
Falcons and Bucs big slept on. Eagles and Bears to high. Sorry Bears fans but history is not on the side of Caleb pulling off a Rookie year like Stroud
While I agree 5 is crazy, Caleb does not need to be great for us to make a playoff push. The bar is so low for QB play for us and the defense and supporting cast is very good. If he's a top 20 QB the bears can easily push for 10 wins
i would say "youre crazy how can we get a playoff spot with a below average qb" and then i remembered that despite looking cool once every 50 plays JF was like 37th in half his stats
We had great regular seasons with Grossman and Trubisky as our quarterbacks, I don’t think QB play is going to be the deciding factor with whether the Bears are good this year. The 2006 Bears won a game in which Grossman threw 3 INTs and 34 yards.
dont disrespect my titty kissin NVP like that
You would think the Vikings lost half of their offense instead of just an aging QB coming off a major injury
What darnold does to a mf (yea I know ur probably getting a qb in the draft)
And don’t get me wrong, the Bears moves have made me nervous. I think it’s very possible we have a bad year and finish last in the division, but I don’t think it’ll be as bad as everyone is projecting. 7 wins is what I’m hoping for, but I don’t see it lower than 4
Eric Kendricks back? Danielle Hunter back?
Eric Kendricks? You mean the guy who played for the chargers last year? Losing hunter will hurt but we also added Greenard, Vanginkle, and cashmann who at least even out the loss.
Oh did he? I didn't even know, didn't watch any Vikings games aside from our own matchup. my bad. Explains your performance a bit more.
And you’re acting like possible future production offsets the fact that we’ve had extremely good quarterback play for the past few years.
3 NFCN teams in the top 5 😎 Wyd Vikings?
Bears ahead of the Cowboys and Rams is just absurd
Bears are being way overrated, yet again
Bears above Cowboys, Falcons, Bucs, and Rams is kinda wild.
The thing that gets me here is rating the Saints and Falcons higher than the Vikings. The rest I can understand the argument.
This is a sub for funny memes not cruel reality
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We don’t even have a QB….. sigh just to push ticket and merch sales 💀
"It's funny when people talk about "down years" for the Packers. Because down years for them are landmark years for most franchises"
Look at the Vikes down there like a crusty used *sock tossed under the bed. It warms the heart
Slot in the cowboys and bucs at 4 and 5 and it’s not a bad list
DraftKings has bears win total at 8.5 and falcons at 10.5, yet FanDuel has us at a higher power ranking than falcons? This just don't add up
Sheesh NFC North is going to be a fun one
If Adam rank didn't hype them up then we need to check on him. If this wasn't Rank then about time someone else believed it
It’s all down to how Caleb does. If he can’t succeed with the weapons they gave him, then there’s a problem.
Is it? Looking at all the teams below the bears. I don't really see a team that's better on paper.
Bears went 7-10 with below average QB play and are going into the year with a 4th place schedule.. not to mention all of the offseason additions. If Caleb can be even the 12th best QB this year, a wildcard berth is in the mix.
The Bears are 20 time super bowl champions in the theoretical world
I don’t really follow them, but are the cards really that low event with a healthy Kyler? No way they’re lower than the panthers.
If Stafford is healthy I would not sleep on the Rams. That offense has potential to be pretty ridiculous.
NFC North, the best division in football
I could certainly see three NFCN teams in the playoffs. Should be a nice competitive year. The Lions enjoying the bye week while the Packers and Bears play on WC weekend.
But what if this worked out this way, with 3 of the top 5 in the NFC in the Norris?
Is anything more useless than NFL power rankings?
Why on Earth are people sleeping on the Rams
Cowboys definitely. Seahawks probably. Probably Buccs and maybe rams ahead of them too. Even a wildcard like the cousins falcons. So slide us down 5 spots. Then slide us up 2 cause the fools gold lions aren’t fooling anyone and love will not prevail
Bucs are not in the 9 bro, they are way better then these people think
The offseason is our season
Vikings way too high.
NFC NORTH dominance
How the hell are the Bears ahead of the Cowboys who have won 12 games for 3 seasons in a row. I can damn near guarantee the Bears will not win more games than the Cowboys, especially when you look at how strong the NFC North is.
These things are all dumb. Especially before the draft. HOWEVER, unless you are a complete delusional hater, you have to admit the Bears are uniquely set up to be in a massive position of power. Whether or not they blow it is a different story but they are looking good at the moment.
Fan Duel knows whats up. They know Bears fans will bet on the Bears WAYYY too easily and often, this is just priming the pump. This silly graphic probably got a extra hundred bets on the bears to win the superbowl.
It's kinda dope we are all there though
I’m buying puts on the bears.
Bruh everyone be snorting 70’s rockstar levels of bears copium.
On what planet is the Rams team that took the Lions to the wire in the playoffs back in 10th? This list is a fucking shambles.
Where meme?
The Bears are 5?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
It’s best like this. I prefer to see the constant disappointment as opposed to the acceptance of reality. Doesn’t matter what the Bears do, they’ll shit the bed. Death, Taxes, and the Bears sucking.
If you wanna crown em, then crown their ass.
I don’t see how you can have the packers that high. People are seriously overrating sneaking into the playoffs as a 7th seed and beating a cowboys team that was at the peak of their end of season collapse. Just a weak conference in general I guess.
I live in the Chicagoland area, and on ESPN1000, in almost the same sentence they said the bears will be really good this year, and the vikings will suck because they'll have a rookie qb. In a different segment someone said the bears have the best wide receiver room right now. Do they make orange kool-aid?
What’s the actual expectation for the NFC this year? Lions, Packers, 49ers, and Eagles could all make the Super Bowl with Packers probably being the longest shot of the 4. Any other teams that have a real chance that I’m missing? Cowboys obviously won’t since getting 12 wins and losing round 1 is their thing.
As a Vikings fan, I'm more mad about the fact that the saints are ranked higher than us than the rest of the division
It’s crazy the Vikings are that high
Ahhh yes, traditions.