[CBFF] ESPNi: NFC North offseason overview (Scouts Inc.)

[Jim Ferolie]

This is a really nice story. It's got me hyped up but worried, too.

Defend the schedule all you want, but are you really going to impress your 
friends by telling them we beat the Rams and Jets? No, face it, it's a 
creamy schedule.
The only thing that really matters, however, is how they play -- not even 
whether they win -- against playoff-tested teams like Seattle and New 
England.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor Waldron" <victor19 at gmail.com>


> ("on paper" the Bears might have the easiest schedule but that's
> mostly due to the 6 games they play against their division rivals and
> SF and Buf, the only real non-divisional cream puff games. The rest?
> Mia, Sea, TB, NYG, NE, and improved Ari team (the latter three on the
> road), plus the scRams and Jets on the road.)
>
> Wednesday, June 21, 2006
> Bears will lean on running game, defense
> By Gary Horton
> Scouts Inc.
>
> This is a division that features new head coaches at three of the four
> franchises. The only team that seems to have continuity and stability
> is Chicago, which returns all 22 starters from a year ago, in addition
> to the same coaching staff. The Bears also have the easiest schedule
> in the NFL.