... take on the 3-1 Chicago Bears this Sunday night in a nationally televised game at the Georgia Dome. Fans of the NFL might be looking at two of the more powerful teams in the NFC, or they might be looking at a couple of teams who, for different reasons, aren’t quite ready to take their respective places as elite teams in that same NFC.

Right now both franchises are serving as understudies to two teams with better records and more media ballyhoo in their separate divisions. The Bears were beneficiaries or victims (depending upon how you look at it) of the early soap opera that was arrival of former Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler. Of course that story quickly moved towards the back of the sports page as the seemingly neve...

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