Chicago Sports Then and Now

The Bears have taken a slight dip in the rankings after just falling short against Atlanta.

Here are the week seven Bears power rankings from various sites around the web:

ESPN:

#10 (Last week: 12)

Analysis, “Red zone problems killed them in a loss to Atlanta.”

CBS:

#11 (Last week: 9)

Analysis, “The biggest issue is their lack of a running game. What has happened? Matt Forte has been a fantasy football disaster, if that type of thing matters to you.”

Yahoo Sports:

#15 (Last week: 13)

Analysis, “Have any of the people who are all excited about the acquisition of Gaines Adams spent much time watching him play over the past two-plus seasons?”

Pro Football Weekly:

#11 (Last week: 13)

Analysis,“Nice timing with the false-start penalty, Orlando Pace.”

Fox Sports:

#14 (Last week: 13)

Analysis, “Despite his 0-2 record in Sunday night games so far, Jay Cutler’s Bears have faced the early-season schedule admirably with a couple solid wins over the Steelers and Seahawks.”

Jake Perper covers the Chicago Bears for Sports Then and Now. You can also check out his popular blog Bears Backer.