This is a shoe-in game right here. The Bears are tied for first place with the Vikings and Packers with a record of 5-5. There will be only one team to make the playoffs from this division... unless two teams get unbelievably hot and finish 11-5 each, which I just don't see happening. The team out of the three that gets to 9 wins will make the playoffs and host a wildcard game, and probably the Cowboys... who wants to go to Chicago in January? Yuck.The Rams are 2-8, so this really is a game to win for Chicago. They have a horrendous QB, Steven Jackson isn't a good running back, Dante Hall isn't that great of a KR or PR, despite having run a PR for a TD. Atogwe does have 4 Ints, Bartell has 8 deflections, and Chris Long and Leonard Little share in 8 1/2 sacks. St. Louis does have some threats. But don't look for them to score a mess of points.
Bears to Watch:
- Kyle Orton: 88.3 QB Rating; 164-270 (60.7%) for 1,910 yards and 10 TDs, 4 Ints, and 4 lost fumbles.
- Matt Forte: 205 carries for 777 yards and 4 TDs.
- Greg Olson: 33 catches for 391 yards with 2 TDs and 2 lost fumbles.
- Rashied Davis: 29 catches for 369 yards and 2 TDs.
- Devin Hester: 26 catches for 318 yards, 2 TDs, and 29 KR for 631 yards.
- Charles Tillman: 12 deflections and 2 Ints (one for a TD).
- Kevin Payne: 3 Ints and one sack.
Rams to Watch:
- Donnie Avery: 34 catches for 485 yards and 2 TDs.
- Torry Holt: 38 catches for 412 yards and 2 TDs.
- Steven Jackson: 128 carries for 525 yards with 4 TDs and one lost fumble.
I have already mentioned everything else above about the Rams... no sense in repeating it.
Forecast: The Bears can take a game that is supposed to be easy and make it look hard. So I think this one is going to be closer, way closer, than it should. Bears still win it, 17-13.
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