Bears vs Colts Preview

     
       This week the Chicago Bears (1-3) travel to Indianapolis to take on the Colts. The Colts, who are also 1-3, are struggling to find the success they've grown used to since Luck arrived in 2012. The Bears are coming off their first win of the season while the Colts are coming off a loss to the Jaguars.

       The Bears offense comes into this game ranked in the bottom ten in the league while the Colts are ranked in the middle of the pack. The main issue with the Colts has not been their offense. Their defense hasn't been able to come up with quality games. The Colts defense is allowing 31.2 points/game which will not get it done if you want to win in the National Football League.

So can the Bears exploit this struggling defense?

In order for the Bears to win, there are two things they will need to do.

1. Get into the end-zone

       We have seen that Brian Hoyer can rack up the yards and protect the football, but the Bears need to do a better job of coming off the field with points and being successful on third downs. The Bears offense is averaging 15.5 points/game (tied for worst in the league). Brian Hoyer can throw for 500 yards, but if you can't score, it doesn't matter how many yards you throw for. 

2. Defense needs a repeat performance from last week

       The Bears defense played their best game of the season allowing the Lions offense to score just 6 points last week. They will need to have the same effort to stop a Colts offense that is more than capable of torching them if they fail to do so.

       Although the Colts have a very good offense going up against a Bears defense that wasn't really tested last week, I believe they carry the momentum over and actually score some points in the game.

Bears 27 Colts 20