As for my personal opinion, I'm just not a proponent of the 3-4, 3-3-5 defense. You need special talent inside and outside at LB to make it happen, along with the horses in the front 3 to act as a wrecking crew going into the middle on pass rushes.
I just don't think we're even close to having a dominating defense.
Yeah. I'm right there with ya, brother.
For what it's worth, I have an official NFL gear ( the tag is still on it ) NFC North Champions hat - from which year, I don't recall - that doesn't have the "year" on it. I have pulled it out of my hat closet for this season and was taunting a Bears' fan with it this morning. I call it my Champions in Perpetuity Hat. The NFL just got tired of redesigning the hats every year when everybody KNEW the Pack were going to win it anyway. So it is written, so it shall be.
My wife's uncle who was a Bears' fan by birthright passed away this year. Every year, it was the same old refrain, "When Favre retires, you Puker fans will be brought back to reality ...." Maybe...uhhh...not so much, eh? Then, he passes away right before Rodgers gets traded. Still, I was welcomed into her family the very season the Bears won the Super Bowl following the '85 season - I don't have to tell you that season marked the first salvos of 40 years of sh*t talk.
Anyway, THIS would have been his year for retribution, or "a return to the norm" as Larry used to predict - still and the same, losing to the Bears is the one thing I just cannot stomach, although, this year's L0INS may be close. (I can't believe I had to trick the filter to misspell Lions)
Therefore, the Pack will beat the Bears twice this year. This coming Sunday will be a win due to both defenses being unable to find their collected a**es with both hands but the Pack's new kicker's sole FG from 53 yards out will barely go over the crossbar (he'll miss 3 other attempts from the 10-yard line, the 12-yard line and the 16-yard line).
Remember: I have a Champions in Perpetuity Hat and am not afraid to use it.