The Chicago Bears are 27-1 at the sportsbook to win the Super Bowl. The Bears have a lot of optimism for 2010 but they’ve also got a lot of stress.
If the Bears don’t make the playoffs this season, General Manager Jerry Angelo and head coach Lovie Smith will likely be on their way out. As Chicago plays in a tough division with Green Bay and Minnesota, that could be easier said than done against NFL sportsbook online odds.
Chicago has a losing track record of 23-25 since their loss in Super Bowl XLI to the Colts. Last year the Bears didn’t play well and expensive quarterback Jay Cutler threw a lot of interceptions. The Chicago Bears have introduced Mike Martz to operate the offense this year and perhaps he can really make a difference. Chicago’s defense was also a concern in online football betting last year as it collapsed after Brian Urlacher got injured.
While the anticipation is high in Chicago, it might not be reasonable. In his last 2 stops in San Francisco and Detroit, Martz hasn’t genuinely done pretty well. He does have a formidable armed quarterback in Cutler but Chicago’s receiving corps is vulnerable. The Bears will need to hope that Devin Aromashodu can build upon his reliable year of a season ago. Although the addition of Chester Taylor should truly aid, Chicago also doesn’t have a strong running game. He is a running back in the style of Marshall Faulk and he may have a huge season under Martz. Chicago does need to play better up front nevertheless or nothing Martz does with the offense will make any difference.
Chicago made a major step in the off-season on defense because they brought in defensive end Julius Peppers to a 6-year, $84 million contract. When he shows up to play, he is a excellent competitor. Peppers has won a few NFL accolades and honors such as being selected to the NFC Pro Bowl 5 times and earning Rookie of the Year in 2002. He originally played with the Panthers who selected him as the 2nd total pick in the 2002 NFL Draft. He became only the third player in NFL history to record an interception and three sacks in the same match in his rookie year.
Getting Urlacher back from injury will undoubtedly aid even though he has seen better days. Lance Briggs is the best defensive competitor on the team, not Urlacher. With Urlacher back to aid, he should be even better this year. Briggs has threatened to leave the Chicago Bears in past times if he wasn’t given more cash. Urlacher in fact stated that he was willing to take a pay cut if it meant keeping Briggs with the squad back at the conclusion of the 2006 season. Since other teams like the Washington Redskins have really worked to get him, Briggs’ future with the Chicago Bears in NFL wagering is still not known.
Chicago has got some major name players and if everything goes perfect they may make the playoffs. The difficulty is that the Bears have lots of flaws which leaves them no room for error.
