LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- The Chicago Bears' playoff hopes were dashed long before last Sunday's ugly loss at Tampa.
At 2-7, John Fox's team isn't going anywhere, except home for almost the entire month of January.
But for those clamoring for the team to lose out to secure a higher draft pick, that's not the mentality inside Halas Hall.
"Well that's why they're not in this locker room," veteran cornerback Tracy Porter said. "That's why they're on the outside looking in. That's something that we're not going to do. We're not just going to fold over a season.