It's never a good thing when the fate of a football team is in the hands of another team, and certainly not very encouraging when that fate lies in the hands of several teams over a multiple week stretch. Whet I mean by that is, at one point, the Chicago Bears were playing good football, and controlled their own destiny.
Unfortunately, a red-hot November turned into a relatively familiar cold December, and at this point, in order for the Bears to have a shot at the playoffs, a very specific series of events have to occur.