I know its a bit early but I thought it would be fun to see what people think. I think they will make the playoffs. Mainly because I think Berry will turn things around for a change. I have to be positive lol. 

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lol Polls are broken too. I love it. I asked the developer if this is a known issue.

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Yes, in the 2024 season.

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This poll should work now.

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Without evidence to the contrary the default answer is always yes.
Look at the North.
Bears are the bares. Pitiful.
The Lions went on a run last year and still fell short. Their defense is lacking. Goff had his best year in 4 seasons. I expect him to regress back to the mean.
The Vikings were nothing short of lucky in so many games. What did they win, 100 games by 1 point or something like that? In the playoffs they were exposed. Even Vegas knew this when they were 2.5 dogs to the Lions even though they were 10-2 at the time and Detroit was 5-7.
Packers defense will be stout. The offense is young and will make mistakes. But they also have big play potential. They will hit on a big play a game.

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I flat out don't see the preseason hype around the Bears. They post the worst record in the league against a weak schedule, sign a bunch of mid tier guys with one top tier player at ILB, got a good WR in a trade and suddenly they're contenders with Fields as a dark horse MVP candidate?! They bring back 3 guys from a terrible o-line unit, sign Nate Davis and draft Darnell Wright and their o-line is "rebuilt"?! I cannot describe how bad I want them to crash this year.

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Also keep in mind the vikings lost Dalvin Cook. God it's gonna be a relief not seeing him against the packers.

In Chicago everyone is expecting Fields to take a big leap. I just don't see it. If we take away the short passes and force him not to dink and dunk we will still own the bears.

The Bears offense has a chance to be very strong, as they had a done of freaking key injuries last year, and added a bunch of tools in the offseason like a new #1 WR, which will allow their old #1 WR (whom was injured but talented) get even more open. Added a bunch of TEs and most importantly improved the OL (on paper).

The problem for the Bears is their defense seems like it might have a number rod holes still (though their offense being able to control the ball might help a lot), but also they're already seeming banged up... 2 starting OL, which might be their top 2, might miss the Packers game and I think their starting TE got banged up. So they were injury prone last year and looking like they might be again this year.


The Vikings basically won all of their close games last year... and they let a lot of pieces go via FA, releases, or trades... so they barely won those games last year, they might not be able to this year.


But the Lions had a dominant offense but we're 1-6 because they had no DBs and their defensive coordinator was playing extremely extremely aggressive for some reason, which only hurt the DBs.... at some point, some one smacked some sense into him, and he started playing conservative, and the DL kept winning their matchups without the additional aggressive style... and suddenly the DBs had help. Lions finished 8-2. (which included 5-0 in the division). Lions supposedly got some DB help but you better have good lines against the Lions. I think they'll win the division, but my large question is does the defensive coordinator go back to his old overly aggressive ways, or plays smart and just lets his talented DL win on their own while helping the back end more.


With the Packers, everyone is asking about Love, but my questions are actually more about the run game in both sides of the ball. Specifically the linemen... the Packers RBs have been amazing at maximizing what's given them, but it would seriously help if the OL was better at giving them more to work with. And the Packers pass rush has been on fire, but as we have seen in the past and Jets head coach mentioned last year, keep pounding away at them, and they don't hold up. Teams with strong OLs that can run the ball, and offensive coordinators willing to do it early and often might give the Packers hell.

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