... "Monsters of the Midway" and more like the monsters inhabiting a Dreamworks movie. Ok, maybe I'm being a little harsh. On first glance, the Bears—missing their emotional leader, Brian Urlacher—are still statistically a top ten defense, statistically. Their competition hasn't exactly been a group of offensive powerhouses. Green Bay, Pittsburgh and Seattle are all dealing with their own offensive problems. Injuries are also piling up for the Bears. Linebackers, Urlacher, Briggs, Hillenmeyer and Tinoisamoa are all on the injury report for various reasons. Alex Brown (DE) and Tommie Harris (DT) are also dinged up. All of this leads to a heavy rotation in the front seven. Combine that with the nature of the Cover Two defense, and you get a...

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