One had to wonder, when watching the tail end of a dying Bears comeback attempt against the Packers (in a game they never really felt in to begin with), if maybe our initial excitement about NFL playoff expansion was a tad premature.
That Chicago team, a kind of one-legged pirate hobbling along this season amassing wins against its weakest opponents and treading water to survive (the Bears have one win this season against an opponent with a winning record), is officially your NFC seven seed, thanks to a loss by the Cardinals on Sunday. They’ll face a New Orleans team capable of putting teams through the shredder with regularity while Taysom Hill takes significant snaps under center.