NFL Power Rankings: Where the Experts Ranked the Chicago Bears

We're running out of weeks to keep ranking NFL teams. Each and every week more and more teams solidify themselves into certain brackets and this week is no different.

One of the more intriguing teams to rank is the Chicago Bears.

The defending NFC North champions weren't going to catch the Green Bay Packers in the division this year, but they were sitting pretty for a wild card berth before the injury to Jay Cutler.

On top of that, they've lost star running back Matt Forte in the midst of their two-game losing streak and things don't look promising.

Here's a look at where the "experts" ranked the Chicago Bears this week.

ESPN: No. 17

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Lovie Smith wants to stand pat with Caleb Hanie and Josh McCown at QB. Suddenly, the Bears' playoff run is being intercepted. 

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CBS: No. 15

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Caleb Hanie isn't the answer and now they will have to try and make a playoff push without Matt Forte. Good luck.

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Pro Football Talk: No. 17

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In explaining the decision to not sign another quarterback, Lovie Smith said Caleb Hanie will get better. Hanie surely can’t get much worse. 

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All explanations have to do with the Bears not making a move for a quarterback and each ranking system would have the Bears outside of the playoffs right now.

The only one of the three expert sites to offer anything positive was PFT and that backhanded positivity said that Hanie "can't get much worse."

The Bears are in a world of hurt, literally, and their power ranking in the top half of the league is hanging on by a thread.

Wes O'Donnell's Week 14 NFL Power Rankings
1. Green Bay Packers
2. New England Patriots
3. New Orleans Saints
4. San Francisco 49ers
5. Houston Texans
6. Baltimore Ravens
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
8. Denver Broncos
9. New York Jets
10. Atlanta Falcons
11. Dallas Cowboys
12. Cincinnati Bengals
13. Tennessee Titans
14. New York Giants
15. Oakland Raiders
16. Chicago Bears
17. Detroit Lions
18. Arizona Cardinals
19. San Diego Chargers
20. Seattle Seahawks
21. Kansas City Chiefs
22. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
23. Carolina Panthers
24. Miami Dolphins
25. Buffalo Bills
26. Philadelphia Eagles
27. Cleveland Browns
28. Washington Redskins
29. Jacksonville Jaguars
30. Minnesota Vikings
31. St. Louis Rams
32. Indianapolis Colts