The Chicago Bears travel to Tennessee to take on the (3-5) Titans on Sunday. You may being saying to yourself that this should be another easy win for the Bears this Sunday.
Nothing is easy in this league.
The Titans have been showing signs of life over the past couple of weeks. Specifically running back Chris Johnson.
He has been the NFL's leading rusher over the past five weeks with 550 rushing yards.
He started the season off slow being held to 24 yards or less in four of five games. Over the past three weeks however he has posted games of 91, 195 and 99 yards.
He is averaging 93.3 yards per game versus NFC opponents.
As well as quarterback Matt Hasselbeck has played over the last couple of years against the Bears (837 yards, six TD's, 0 interceptions), the Bears main focus has to be stopping the run this Sunday.
The Bears don't pride themselves on stats and awards handed out over a week's or month's span. Rather they base their performances off wins an...
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