Three Things I Wonder

Number 1:
I wonder whether we should root for the Bears to win out? If they continue to fall apart, I suspect that there will be some house-cleaning. And as a Packer fan, I'm not sure I want to see Chicago clean house. I like them just the way they are -- and I think the current administration is more likely to hold their jobs for another year if they end hot and finish with a respectable record.

Number 2:
I wonder how the Patriots feel about the Colts and Saints. They famously accomplished a 16-0 regular season record two years ago, but then infamously lost their quest for wire-to-wire perfection in the Super Bowl against the Giants (one of the best Super Bowls I've ever seen). So are they protective of their regular season achievement, eager to see the Colts and Saints falter before getting to 16-0? Or do they cherish the prospect of some other team matching their misery -- i.e., a perfect regular season ruined by a loss in the playoffs?

Number 3:
I wonder if we would fare better against the Vikings in the playoffs. They beat us rather handily in our two regular season meetings, and as things are unfolding right now we stand a fair chance of playing them a third time -- a postseason date in the Metrodome. To have Favre knock the Packers out of the playoffs would almost be as big a story as the first two meetings this year. Conversely, for the Packers to win the playoff match-up would effectively erase all the pain and frustration of the two regular season defeats.