Here are the Week 12 Bears power rankings from various sites around the web:

Site

This Week/Last Week

Analysis
ESPN 7 (5) Jay Cutler’s broken thumb could break the Bears’ wild-card chances.
Fox Sports 7 (7) Losing QB Jay Cutler is disheartening, but similar to the Texans this team is equipped to possibly overcome it. RB Matt Forte has the ability to carry this offense and the defense has been dominant after shuffling their back half by starting Major Wright and Chris Conte. The road to the playoffs just got a lot steeper, but its not time to turn your heads just yet.
CBS Sports 8 (9) Without Cutler, they have major issues. Their season suddenly took a huge turn for the worse with one thumb injury.
Pro Football Weekly 8 (9) Cutler injury drastically changes team’s postseason hopes.
Pro Football Talk 7 (8) The Caleb Hanie era begins.  Don’t blink.
WEEI.com 8 (6) Jay Cutler‘s injury hurts the Bears in so many ways. This is a team that has lost just one game since October. The Bears have improved dramatically. The offensive line was preventing sacks and opening holes for Matt Forte, while Cutler was finally protecting the football. Now the playoff hopes of Bears fans are in the hands of Caleb Hanie. It’s tough to like their chances of getting one of the two wild card spots in the NFC with the Lions, Falcons, Giants and Cowboys all fighting as well
Walter Football 10 (8) Like the Texans, I’m dropping the Bears because of the quarterback injury, but unlike the Texans, I’m not removing them from the top 10 because I have some faith in their backup.

 

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