Windy City Gridiron
If you signed up to participate in the weekly emailed SB Nation Reacts surveys, you would have had the chance to answer their question about whether the Chicago Bears are good or not. That was one of several questions sent to fans of all 32 NFL teams, and, as expected, most don’t buy the Bears as a legit contender this season. Seventy-one percent of all responses think the (7-3) Bears are bad.
I can’t blame them. The Bears haven’t been good for a while, so it’ll take time to change the national narrative. Even if the franchise holds on for its first winning season since 2018, some will call it a fluke. Even if the Bears make the playoffs, some will say it was luck.
I didn’t expect the Bears to have seven wins at this point in the season, but with Ben Johnson at the helm, I figured they’d be on the right track.
Sunday against the (6-4) Pittsburgh Steelers gives them another chance to shift the narrative, and while the national Reacts voters don’t think the Bears are legit…
… they do think the Bears can beat the Steelers.
So what does that say about the national narrative around Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers?
Are they frauds?
Here’s how we all voted in the weekly game picks that were emailed out.
The Windy City Gridiron vote earlier this week was much more complimentary of the Bears, with just 3% of respondents not confident the franchise is headed in the right direction. That’s the same vote as last week, and it’s also tied with fans of the Denver Broncos for second best, just behind fans of the New England Patriots, who are at 99% confident.
