SI.com's E.M. Swift on why the Chicago Bears will win the Super Bowl:

Chicago Bears fans, poor souls, must be asking themselves, why, oh why, should Lovie and the gang even bother showing up in Miami?

I don't know any Bears fan wondering that.

Offense drives television ratings. Defense wins championships. Yes, the Colts have a juggernaut, boasting the NFL's third-best offense. Yes, Manning is a great quarterback who is headed for the Hall of Fame. Guess what? So was Dan Marino. You can get there without winning a Super Bowl. New Orleans was the NFL's top offense this season, and Drew Brees was the only quarterback in the league to throw for more yards than Manning. Yet the Bears, playing the dominating D that carried them through the first 12 games of the season, held the Saints to 14 points in the NFC Championship game. You know that deer-in-the-headlights look that Manning can get after throwing a couple of picks? You haven't seen the last of it this year.

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