Chicago Bears fans will love this Minnesota Vikings prediction
At the very least, the Chicago Bears are entering the 2024 season with the expectation that they shouldn't be sitting at the bottom of the NFC North division.
The messaging that has surfaced from the Vikings' offseason program sounds very similar to the messaging that Ryan Poles had when he took over the Bears' front office three years ago. The Vikings won't say they are rebuilding but all you have to do is look at their decision to part with Kirk Cousins in favor of Sam Darnold and JJ McCarthy as a sign that they will likely be taking a step back this season.
For all the rightful talk that Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell has about being a quarterback whisperer, we saw last season in Cousins' absence that Minnesota's offense is easily defended without a quarterback who can get the ball out on time.
The issue is that Darnold has yet to experience any success at the NFL level and McCarthy could be another quarterback prospect filled with false hope. The questions at the quarterback position are one of the main reasons why Bleacher Report listed the Vikings among the teams set up for a disastrous start to the 2024 season.
"The Vikings front office has thrown out the term "competitive rebuild" several times while building the current roster in Minnesota.
- Bleacher Report
We'll find out just how competitive the rebuild is going to look now that Kirk Cousins is out of the picture pretty quickly. The Vikings allowed Cousins to walk in free agency, signed Sam Darnold as a bridge starter and drafted J.J. McCarthy in the first round of this year's draft."
As great as it is to see the Vikings on this list, it's just great to be entering a season where the Bears are not among the teams projected to have a disastrous start. That is exactly how the 2024 season could have been described for the Bears had they decided not to make the change at quarterback and entered another season with false hope of seeing something from Justin Fields he hasn't shown in his past three years.
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