Chicago Bears: If…And…But for 2015

May 8, 2015; Lake Forest, IL, USA; Chicago Bears head coach John Fox (center) watches warm ups during Chicago Bears rookie minicamp at Halas Hall. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-USA TODAY Sports

Over the course of this month, we have been busy previewing the upcoming season and we are nearing the halfway point.

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We have already taken a look at the entire AFC East, NFC East and AFC North, as well as the Green Bay Packers, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North.

So what gives?

In the latest series for NFL Spin Zone, we have already made the case for the 15 teams in the aforementioned four divisions as to why they could make the playoffs in 2015. (Don’t worry: We will get to all eight divisions and all 32 teams).

Here we explain how each club can reach the postseason IF they do this AND they do that. BUT if they fail to do something else and/or the team is derailed in some other way…well…there’s always next year.

Here we take a look at the Chicago Bears, who haven’t hoisted a Lombardi Trophy in basically three decades. They enter 2015 with their third different head coach in four years.

Can John Fox get the job done? He’s had success wherever he’s been a head coach.

And that means the Chicago Bears are headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2010…

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