Northern Fights

 Point is that the NFC north as a whole is off to a historic start.

Before this season began, I was hoping the team would make improvements from game to game.  The offense has new everything (OC, playbook, players & rookie QB).  Just get better each week.  To the credit of the coaches and players, they have done just that.  If they can continue this climb each week, then anything is possible.  But that is a big "if" because I would expect the team to have some bad games... the old "two steps forward and one step back" thing.  I'm so surprised that the team hasn't taken a step back though... not yet.  Incremental improvement, game after game.

After 6 games the Bear are scoring 24.7 points per game and only allowing 16.8 points per game.  Now that the offense is coming together, the last 3 games have had 95 points scored.  That's an average of over 31 points per game now.  Yes, these were bad teams.  But the offense is getting valuable experience that should help them execute better and better - so they can beat the better teams ahead.  For a young QB1 the experience is priceless prep for those games.  I'm thinking 10 or 11 wins is very probable now.  Maybe even more wins than that is possible.  Just gotta continue this improvement all season long.  Frankly, BIH, I think you and your rubber chicken have had a dramatic impact on our season... you should get richly deserved credit.  Maybe we'll begin seeing you two on the podcast circuit - or at least on "Lunch with Larry" soon.