Chicago Sports Then and Now

It has been a rough month for Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears.

Here are the Week 12 Bears power rankings from various sites around the web:

ESPN: #23 (Last week: #23)

Analysis, “The Bears have dropped five of their past six games.”

Yahoo Sports: #21 (Last week: #23)

Analysis: “Is it fair to say that Devin Hester and his teammates were exposed Sunday night by Dimitri Patterson and the Eagles?”

Pro Football Weekly: #22 (Last week: 22)

Analysis, “Thank goodness they turned down Costas, focused on football.”

Fox Sports: #23 (Last week: #23)

Analysis, “The most frustrating loss of the week may have to go to the Bears, who again were THISFREAKINGCLOSE to a win against Philly. The theories on what’s wrong with Jay Cutler are flying everywhere: He doesn’t have WRs.”

CBS Sports: #22 (Last week: #20)

Analysis, “Is Lovie Smith in trouble? He might be. Cutler sure hasn’t lived up to the expectations. He needs help.”

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