The 8 playoff teams & the Bears

You bring up a good point regarding Chicago in particular.  I've read in years past about how the Bears were a big draw for TV viewing.  And you used to see a big turnout of Bears fans on road games too.  But now we can't even fill Soldier Field on game day.  And I can't imagine people are spending money to see the games on the road... not in any great numbers.  And TV ratings?  Heck, even I had a hard time making myself watch the butt-ugly Bears games this season.  

It will be interesting to see if we get a sniff of any national prime-time games on TV until the team can get halfway respectable again.