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It’s the NFL preseason, otherwise known as the best time to believe anything good about the Bears. That’s because pretty much everything tends to go downhill from here.
In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, voters made it clear they’re expecting the Bears to outperform the season win projection of 8½ that’s available on betting sites. Asked to pick an NFC North team that’ll exceed its number, more voters took the Bears than the Lions (10½), Packers (9½) and Vikings (6½) combined.