Oct 2nd 2008 2:00PM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Lions, Packers, Vikings, NFC NorthThe Bears should be 4-0. You could go back and change like two plays to make that happen. Of course, the mark of truly great teams is actually winning those games and not having to say something like I just did. Great teams take care of business and leave the word “if” out in the cold.

Here’s the thing, though, in the NFC North this year, you aren’t going to have to be a great team to win it.

The Vikings have plenty of issues, none of which relate to Adrian Peterson when healthy, obviously, but they have struggled out of the gate.

The Lions just suck. Again. Shocking, I know.

The Packers are better than the Bears, but not by a ton … and Aaron Rodgers (don’t you dare ever call him, “ARod” please) is hurt. Sure, he might play through it or only miss a game or two, but his injury really hurt the chances of the Packers to fulfill their potential. They have other injury problems as well.

Then you have the Bears. A team that won in Indy, and took down the mighty Eagles at home. Yes, the Eagles were without Brian Westbrook, but their defense — the same one that people couldn’t quit talking about before the game — did yield 24 points to Kyle Orton.Continue Reading