BEARS 101

Chicago Bears

Pos	Player	Injury	NFL Status
WR	Earl Bennett	CONCUSSION	QUESTIONABLE
LB	Blake Costanzo	CALF	QUESTIONABLE
LB	Geno Hayes	KNEE	PROBABLE
CB	Tim Jennings	SHOULDER	QUESTIONABLE
WR	Brandon Marshall	HAMSTRING	PROBABLE
DE	Shea McClellin	KNEE	PROBABLE
DT	Henry Melton	CHEST	DOUBTFUL
T	Jonathan Scott	HAMSTRING	QUESTIONABLE
LB	Brian Urlacher	HAMSTRING	OUT

Arizona Cardinals

Pos	Player	Injury	NFL Status
DE	Calais Campbell	CALF	PROBABLE
WR	Early Doucet	CONCUSSION	OUT
LB	Quentin Groves	FOOT	QUESTIONABLE
TE	Rob Housler	KNEE	QUESTIONABLE
S	Rashad Johnson	HAMSTRING	QUESTIONABLE
TE	Mike Leach	BACK, SHOULDER	PROBABLE
T	Nate Potter	KNEE	QUESTIONABLE
S	James Sanders	CALF	QUESTIONABLE
RB	Anthony Sherman	KNEE	QUESTIONABLE
DE	Ronald Talley	ANKLE	QUESTIONABLE
CB	Greg Toler	HAMSTRING	PROBABLE
DT	Dan Williams	HAMSTRING	QUESTIONABLE

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If the Chicago Bears don't win this game, their playoff hopes are all but gone, and Lovie Smith might actually be fired on the spot. The Cardinals haven't played well recently — outside of their shocking win against the Lions last week — but their offense shouldn't move the ball at all against Chicago's defense.

They key to this game will be in whether or not Chicago can move the ball on offense. This has the makings of a game that could end 10-7, but Chicago has been known to beat up on much weaker opponents. Don't believe us, look at their 7-1 start to this season.

The defensive unit is still undermanned, with Brian Urlacher, Henry Melton and Tim Jennings all not likely to play. However, Charles Tillman will be matched up with Arizona's most dangerous playmaker, Larry Fitzgerald, not like the Cardinals' quarterbacks have figured out how to throw him the ball anyway.

The Cardinals injury list is much longer than that of Chicago, but just about everyone is questionable. It truly is undetermined what that really means, so it's safe to assume everyone listed with the "Q" next to their name from Arizona could suit up for this game.

If their defense plays like it did last week against Detroit, Chicago will have a lot of trouble in this one. If they lose, the season is over. You've heard it here first — probably not, buy we just like to say it. Regardless, Chicago should come out with the win, making their Week 17 game in Detroit a true must-win.

Tags: Arizona Cardinals, Brian Urlacher, Charles Tillman, Chicago, Chicago Bears, Football, Henry Melton, Larry Fitzgerald, Lovie Smith, NFL, Tim Jennings

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