NFL.com Sets Bears' Best and Worst-Case Scenarios for 2020 Season

It's incredible what an 8-8 season can do to a team's short-term outlook. The Chicago Bears are proof of this. It feels like an eternity ago that Matt Nagy's 2018 Bears went 12-4, won the NFC North, and had an ascending quarterback in Mitch Trubisky, who some analysts considered a darkhorse in the 2019 MVP race.

But then came that 8-8 record last year. Trubisky and the Bears offense failed Nagy's Level 202 course, and with that 'F' came questions about whether this team was more pretender than contender. It's become abundantly clear this offseason (and now into training camp) that the national opinion of this squad is predominantly in the pretender bucket.

NFL.com's recent breakdown of the Bears' 2020 outlook, which included the ceiling and floor for their season, fits this narrative. You can check out the complete video here.

The best we can expect from the Bears this year, per NFL.com? Eight wins. The worst-case scenario? Four wins.

Essentially, the Bears will either be average or really, really bad. 

Can this madness please stop? Even if we just focus on the NFC North, it's clear the Bears are a legitimate threat to win the division. The Packers are a mess, the Vikings are headed for regression and the Lions, despite massive under-the-radar improvement this offseason, are still the Lions.

Green Bay is in the midst of a cold war between Aaron Rodgers and the coaching staff. Minnesota lost their offensive coordinator and best deep-ball target, both of whom were critical to Kirk Cousins' career year. And as long as Matt Patricia is Detroit's head coach, they'll never be taken seriously.

But here we are. It's the Bears who will somehow win between four and eight games in a division as unsettled as the NFC North.

With a defense as loaded as Chicago's and a quarterback like Nick Foles (assuming he ends up being the team's starter at some point), there are enough reasons to be confident in a 10-win season for the Bears, which could be good enough to win the division and host a playoff game this season.

And that is the team's best-case scenario as it regroups from last season's disappointment and returns to relevancy.

NFL.com sets Bears' best and worst-case scenarios for 2020 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago

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