2008 Record: 9-7 The Chicago Bears finally have a quarterback, so what\u2019s their upside?<\/p>\n The Bears have been an NFC contender throughout the Lovie Smith era and won nine games last year, so the addition of Cutler makes them a playoff team at the very least. But at a closer look, Cutler could lead this team back to the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n Consider that the Bears not only haven\u2019t had a competent quarterback in a long time, but take into account that the Bears have been crippled by the production at the position. Guys like Rex Grossman, Kyle Orton, Cade McNown, Jim Miller, Brian Griese, Chad Hutchinson, Chris Chandler and Shane Matthews have not only failed to be caretakers, they have cripple the team with their giveaways.<\/p>\n Now the Bears have a huge upgrade at the position, which will have a ripple effect on their whole team.<\/p>\n Their receiver corps is subpar but there are enough parts to get the job done. Devin Hester and Greg Olsen are deep threats, Earl Bennett and Desmond Clark are safety valves while Matt Forte is one of the best up-and-coming backs in the league.<\/p>\n The biggest ripple effect should be felt on defense. This stellar Bears defense has been dominant throughout the 2000\u2019s even though the offense has continually put them in horrendous positions after turnovers or hung them out to dry with their incompetence.<\/p>\n Now, all of the sudden, the Bears defense, which is still a premier unit, doesn\u2019t have to carry the team. They\u2019ll be able to rest more and get some support from the offense.<\/p>\n This is a veteran team that knows what it takes to win and now that they finally have a leader on offense, they should do exactly that.<\/p>\n Super Bowl Odds: +2200<\/strong><\/p>\n Conference Odds: +1100<\/p>\n NFC North Odds: +170<\/p>\n 2009 Bears Predictions <\/strong><\/p>\n Place they\u2019ll finish in NFC North: 1st<\/p>\n Place they\u2019ll finish in NFC Conference: 2nd<\/p>\n Over\/Under Season Wins Prediction: Over 8.5<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Dave Golokhov has written for <\/strong>BETUS Sportsbook, Sportsfanmagazine.com, FOX, Askmen.com, Sports-central.org, and the FOXSports.com Funhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s another season making NFL previews and Super Bowl predictions for the Chicago Bears. Check back for more comprehensive NFL previews by Dave Golokhov, he’ll be bringing you NFL season previews for all 32 NFL teams! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[41,16529,16530,123,16531,16532,16533,16534,16535,16536,16537,16538,802,1618,14998,14999],"class_list":["post-12562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nfl","tag-41","tag-2009-bears-predictions","tag-2009-chicago-bears-odds","tag-bears","tag-bears-betting-lines","tag-bears-nfc-conference-odds","tag-bears-nfc-north-odds","tag-bears-season-predictions","tag-bears-super-bowl-odds","tag-chicago-bears-gambling","tag-chicago-bears-predictions","tag-chicago-bears-preview","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-futures","tag-overunder-season-wins","tag-season-wins-prediction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12562"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109012,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12562\/revisions\/109012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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