Bears in for a shock

I wrote a piece last month questioning whether or not the Bears can be viewed as contenders and how much the Lions should fear them. See

http://thebritishlion.blogspot.com/2011/03/schedule-preview-should-lions-fear.html

Now I know we are in a lockout, the draft is 3 days away, we haven't had free agency yet, and players cannot train with their coaching staffs yet, but it isn't keeping Bears fans out of of cloud cuckoo land. I read this yesterday by a Bears writer on Bleacher Report:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/674847-chicago-bears-insider-a-deeper-look-at-the-bears-2011-regular-season-schedule-w

Apparently the Bears are guaranteed to hit a home run in the draft despite picking 29th and having a less than impressive track record under Jerry Angelo. They are also guaranteed to land a top WR, DT and OLineman in free agency, then have a 13-3 season despite facing Atlanta, New Orleans and Green Bay in weeks 1-3. They could very well go 0-3 to start the season!

Still no respect, least of all for Detroit. Dream on Chi town!