What’s Left for 2011?

So let’s recap. After 10 weeks of the 2011 season, the Chicago Bears were flying high. Winners of five straight and sitting with a 7-3 record, the Bears seemed to be a playoff lock. Only one player of significance had been lost to injury for the season, left guard Chris Williams. Then following the win over the Chargers, word began to trickle out that Jay Cutler had suffered an injury that perhaps would sideline him for the regular season. No big deal we thought, our confidence in backup Caleb Hanie showing. Hanie gets us wins in three of the final six games and we’re probably in the playoffs, when Cutler may be back. One interception on a flawed play at Oakland proved to be the difference in that loss. We’re still OK, we thought. Then Matt Forte goes down for probably the rest of the season. Now we’ve lost four straight facing the Green Bay Packers on their home field with a national TV audience. We know our backup quarterback resides in Jonatha...