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While the Chicago Bears may not be going to the Super Bowl [url=https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Prince-Amukamara-Jersey]Prince Amukamara Jersey[/url] , Bears superfan Don “Bearman” Wachter is, courtesy of being named a finalist for the Ford Hall Of Fans competition. The overall winner will be enshrined in the Hall Of Fans exhibit in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame in Canton, Ohio in August.Wachter sent out a video to his supporters sharing the good news. “I’ve been selected as one of three finalists for the Ford Hall Of Fans,” he stated. “I’m so excited, I’m so pumped! So now I’m packing my bags to go down to Atlanta for Super Bowl 53.”“I’m embarking on this incredible journey because of you, Bear Nation, who gave me the support,” he continued. “The people at Ford have been telling me that the voting came in stronger than expected, and they also said ‘you, Bearman, did very, very well in the voting’.”“With that, I want to say thank you so much Bears Nation,” he said. Wachter announced that he would be featured later today, Tuesday, January 29 [url=https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Adam-Shaheen-Jersey]https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Adam-Shaheen-Jersey[/url] , on WLS ABC7 at 4:30 PM in a video about being selected.Bearman Don Wachter and fellow Bears fans watch the game against the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field on December 24, 2017 in Chicago. Photo by David Banks/Getty ImagesThe Plainfield, Illinois resident’s face and image has been all over television, print and online media since the 1990’s. Wachter’s nomination to the Hall Of Fans was announced to him by Bears Hall Of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, who showed up at Wachter’s door wearing his gold Hall Of Fame jacket. A total of six semi-finalists each received a visit from a Hall Of Fame player from their respective teams to inform them that they were finalists.Three of the six including Wachter were chosen to continue on to the Super Bowl in Atlanta for an all-expense paid trip to the game and to enjoy the week’s festivities leading up to the announcement of the overall winner and inaugural Hall Of Fans inductee.According to Wachter, fan voting was only one-third of the deciding factor, the nominees were also reviewed by a team chosen by the Ford Motor Company and the Pro Football Hall Of Fame.Wachter will be sharing video updates of his trip on social media. The 2018 NFL regular season has concluded. With that, playoff seedings have been set and for the first time since 2010, the Chicago Bears will be a participant.On a stretch of the schedule where they needed to finish (2-2), they ended up finishing the season with a perfect (4-0) record in the final stretch of the season.Their final quarter of the season started with an impressive home win against the Los Angeles Rams and it ended with eliminating the Minnesota Vikings on the road in Week 17. All in all, it’s been an incredible season for this team and somehow, it feels like it’s not even close to being over yet.OffensePhoto by Hannah Foslien/Getty ImagesThe up and down offensive performances continued in the final four games of the season. The one thing I’ve noticed through these last handful is games is that even if this offense wasn’t performing at a top level, they found ways to score when they truly needed it. Because of that, I’d venture to say that even if their overall numbers continued to go down, their overall productivity and effectiveness lines up with more of an average offense than it does a bottom 10 unit.Currently, the team’s offense ranks like this:9th in points (26.3)11th in rushing (121.1)20th in DVOA21st in yards (343.9)21st in passing (222.8)Three Studs:RB Jordan HowardLG James DanielsQB Mitchell TrubiskyThree Duds:WR Anthony Miller (playing time)TE Trey BurtonWR Kevin White (Healthy scratches)Grade: B-Since the end of the second quarter [url=https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Mitchell-Trubisky-Jersey]Mitchell Trubisky Color Rush Jersey[/url] , the Bears offensive production has fallen off. Part of that is due to teams playing more zone and eliminating deep throws. The other part of that is simply it getting colder and dealing with different injuries.Regardless, this unit (at least for me), ranked more towards the middle of the pack, versus a bottom third product. With such an elite defense, this is a unit that just needs to score enough points and more importantly, eliminate turnovers. It’s been a sizable jump from 2017, but I’d expect another big jump in 2019.DefensePhoto by Al Bello/Getty ImagesI truly can’t say enough about this unit. The defense had a few rough spots at the mid point of the season, but for the majority of this season, they have been flat out dominant. That’s even with the season-ending injury to Bryce Callahan and missing Eddie Jackson over their past two games.Despite the massive uptick in offensive production league wide this year, this Bears’ defense matches up with every elite Super Bowl defense over the last five seasons. And that should speak to the quality of this unit overall. Plus, they have four Pro Bowlers.1st in Defensive DVOA T-3rd in sacks (50)1st in defensive touchdowns (6)1st in takeaways (36)3rd in turnover differential (+12)1st in points (17.7)3rd in yards (299.7)Three Studs:DL Akiem HicksCB Kyle FullerLB Roquan SmithThree More Studs:OLB Khalil MackDL Eddie GoldmanCB Sherrick McManisGrade: A+Simply put, this defense has no holes right now. I fully expected Callahan’s departure to hurt this unit and it hasn’t. Over the past two games, McManis has allowed just a (53.4) passer rating. Even with Jackson out over the final two games, the defense gave up just 19 total points and only one touchdown. To put it bluntly, they have been flat out dominant, even without two of their best defensive backs. This Bears defense was the best defensive unit in football by a wide margin.Special TeamsPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesFrom a performance aspect [url=https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Pat-O_Donnell-Jersey]Pat O'Donnell Jersey[/url] , it’s been about the same all year.Cody Parkey has struggled to make kicks and extra points consistently. Patrick O’Donnell is either extremely impressive or very mediocre and quite frankly, there’s too many penalties for my liking.Without truly knowing what to look for in all facets of the third phase, it’s always hard to give a deserving grade. Even so, I’ll go ahead and keep a middle of the road outlook and say they are doing just enough not to become a true issue.Grade: C-What’s AheadThe NFL playoffs.In past reports I’ve given an outlook on what to expect in the coming four games, but we’ve reached that point in the season where it will be a game-to-game status. First on that docket will be the Philadelphia Eagles. Luckily for the Bears, they’ll be at Soldier Field where they finished the regular season at (7-1). Conversely, the Eagles finished (4-4) on the road, and while they may be “hot” heading into the playoffs, it still took some help to get them into the playoffs.Overall GradeWe’ll save our full season grades until after the Bears’ year truly concludes, but so far, I’m not sure too many people in general saw this as a (12-4) team.Last installment, I wrote about how a (2-2) finish was needed, but (3-1) would be the most ideal. Yet, this team finished their last quarter of the season with a (4-0) record.In total, this was a very impressive four-game stretch and one that should absolutely catapult them into the post-season on a high note.Fourth Quarter Grade: A
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