Love's key to success: Punish man coverage -- The Broncos play the third-highest rate of man coverage in the NFL, and they certainly have the horses to do it with a talented secondary led by 2024 Defensive Player of the Year Patrick Surtain II.

The Bears have won five in a row and nine out of 10. Ben Johnson has taken their offense from 28th to eighth in scoring offense and from 32nd to sixth in total offense. But Green Bay's defense has been a strength all season, and the Packers have allowed just 16 points total in the first quarter of games this season.

On the other hand, the loss starkly illuminated the systemic flaws that have plagued the Browns throughout this disappointing season. The defense, usually a bedrock of strength, struggled significantly,

We usually wait until January to make our playoff predictions, but we decided we're going to bring them to you a little bit earlier this year by trying to predict who's going to win the Super Bowl this year.

As a result of that loss last weekend, the Bears are now 1/2 game behind Green Bay in the NFC North but are also in just seventh place in the standings in the NFC. They are just inside the playoff picture and just one game ahead of Detroit and two in front of Carolina.