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Battered Bears need to win at Arizona, then get help elsewhere to make playoffs

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TEMPE, Ariz. –  They are two teams that got off to fine starts only to see the situations disintegrate. Both have strong defenses with a knack for taking the ball away from the opponent. There are many similarities between the Chicago and Arizona teams that meet Sunday in the Cardinals' final home game of the season — and one big difference. The Bears still have hope. A month and a half ago, Chicago was 7-1 and the class of the NFC North. After five losses in six games, the Bears need to win at Arizona on Sunday and get help from others to have a chance for a shot at a wild card spot. "In order for us to be relevant, we have to win," Chicago coach Lovie Smith said. "We're aware of the path we have taken, and we accept that." Seattle is the wild card leader at 9-5.

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Jay Cutler

Overall Sentiment: -0.325634

Relevance: 0.325808

SentimentQuote
-0.499329"We've had to mix and match a lot of the offensive line, a lot of different combinations," he said.
-0.30617"We've had to mix and match a lot of the offensive line, a lot of different combinations," he said. "Alshon (Jeffery) has been hurt, Devin Hester has been hurt. Earl Bennett has been hurt. We just haven't had a constant guy on the other side of Brandon."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.805499
  • Mean: -0.4027495
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Charles Tillman

Overall Sentiment: -0.204616

Relevance: 0.311576

Brandon Marshall

Overall Sentiment: -0.110252

Relevance: 0.294459

SentimentQuote
0.165873"This is a winning team. This is a winning organization," Marshall said ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.165873
  • Mean: 0.165873
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Ken Whisenhunt

Overall Sentiment: 0.0411849

Relevance: 0.290521

SentimentQuote
0.101049"Hopefully it will be no turnovers on our part, because we've certainly given our share of those things up," Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. ...
0.141475"Hopefully it will be no turnovers on our part, because we've certainly given our share of those things up," Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. "We talked about it this week already. You've got to preach that extra ball security. You do it every week, but this team has done a good job, I'm talking about Chicago, of getting the ball out, so you've got to be very aware of that."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.242524
  • Mean: 0.121262
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Lovie Smith

Overall Sentiment: 0.396771

Relevance: 0.28844

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0.343566"In order for us to be relevant, we have to win," Chicago coach Lovie Smith said. ...
0.251397"In order for us to be relevant, we have to win," Chicago coach Lovie Smith said. "We're aware of the path we have taken, and we accept that."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.594963
  • Mean: 0.2974815
  • Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689
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Smith

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.258512

SentimentQuote
0"I coach the same way that I've coached every day that I've been a head coach here and that's not going to change," Smith said. ...
0.150052"I coach the same way that I've coached every day that I've been a head coach here and that's not going to change," Smith said. "Whether it's during the 7-1 or during the period that we're going through right now. I've been the head coach here for a long time for a reason and, again, I plan on being the coach here for a long time and winning more games and that all starts with getting a win this weekend."
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.150052
  • Mean: 0.075026
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Earl Bennett

Overall Sentiment: -0.18537

Relevance: 0.2543

Brandon

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.240306

Brian Urlacher

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.235791

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Dennis Green

Overall Sentiment: 0.380085

Relevance: 0.233225

Larry Fitzgerald

Overall Sentiment: -0.190593

Relevance: 0.230667

SentimentQuote
0"Tillman could definitely teach an instructional tape on how to strip the football," Fitzgerald said. ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731
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Devin Hester

Overall Sentiment: -0.411223

Relevance: 0.224252

Michael Bidwill

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.223187

Lance Briggs

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.222808

Jeffery

Overall Sentiment: -0.155947

Relevance: 0.214193

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  • The Mean is meant to be an indicator of an individual's average comment sentiment.
  • The Standard Deviation, when there are enough quotes, will indicate an individual's consistency of sentiment (i.e. a Standard Deviation of 0 would mean they were very consistent in their sentiment and 1 would mean they were very inconsistent).

Note that quote stats are likely to be meaningless beyond the aggregate score due to the tiny sample size. However, they are always provided just in case you find something useful there.

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City: Chicago

Overall Sentiment: 0.104188

Relevance: 0.816908

StateOrCounty: Arizona

Overall Sentiment: 0.227287

Relevance: 0.53921

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Organization: Bears

Overall Sentiment: 0.0178726

Relevance: 0.828042

Organization: Cardinals

Overall Sentiment: -0.0312203

Relevance: 0.498973

Organization: Lions

Overall Sentiment: 0.0758124

Relevance: 0.353106

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Organization: NFC

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.305951

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