Brian Baldinger's state of the Bears eval at this point.

I actually like them playing the division teams in the second half. The season is live so any wins and losses count whenever they happen. The thing is that blowout losses at the beginning would not really serve any purpose. They would demoralize and IMO hinder CWs learning curve. Now, I think the OL is playing more as a unit (not great but better), CW is seeing defenses better and is not overthrowing his targets as often. Swift seems to have found his legs, etc. I don't think we can beat the Vikings, but at least we should look like an NFL team. At least I hope so. The way we looked at the beginning of the season, a game against the Vikings would have looked like the girl scouts against a college team