Otis Day wrote:I have had a few buddies go to games in GB and said they were treated rather well. The caught grief but in a good natured way and when the Bears are a losing team (when they) what is there to say. they were offered food from the GB tailgaters and groups of Pack and Bears fans partied next to each other and got along. They had a great time.
I have been to Soldier Field about 5x and the opposing teams fans are treated much worse in Chicago.
Tailgated in St Louis and that was a blast. Good fans and always had a good back and forth.
Green Bay fans are honestly great. Never been treated so well. I went to the game in 2014 where we got utterly embarrassed too and I only got shit ONCE. On the way out and it wasn't even bad.
Their fans invited my friends and I into their tailgate. It was awesome.
This is the truth. Say what you want about the Packers as a team...we have to hate them. But overall their fans are pretty good people. Based on my experience going to many many games in Chicago, Bears fans are pretty middle of the road when it comes to how they treat opposing teams fans.
The one game I went to in Lambo in 2003 ish they where not as hospitable as you say. Maybe it's because the Bears were up at half. (If Roosevelt Williams wasn't so slow he would have sealed the game with a pick 6 before half) Packer fans threw beer at me. Bears end up losing, and I heard about it from every fan walking out.
I'm still going to maintain that I don't think this is a playoff team in 2018 - not because we don't have talent - I just think we have a lot of young, inexperienced talent that hasn't been battle tested and we are in a really tough division. I think we win 2 division games and win 5 non-division games - 7-9 is my prediction.
I do think we'll be in playoff contention with another offseason and the 2nd year in Nagy's offense in 2019.
being a habitual Kool Aid abuser, I'm going with 10-6 and the Bears as a surprise Wild Card team
as someone else noted in a different thread, Chase Daniels running the offense led an effective offense against KC's starters ... and KC is pretty good, so that was a legitimate litmus test in my opinion
I'm ready to see Trubisky rock and roll in 2018
"Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things." George Carlin
According to recent prognostications, the Bears have a much more favorable schedule than I thought when I first saw it (except for the Bye, which is not only too early, but badly placed to interrupt a winning streak). I currently have the Bears ranked #20, yet I have them winning a solid 8 games: 2.4 in the division and 5.6 outside.
The highest I've seen the Bears ranked is #16 by Walterfootball which makes a point of calling the Bears underrated. At 16, I have the Bears with 9 wins: 2.8 in the division and 6.2 outside.