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NEW YORK (AP) - Comments on the Chicago Bears by the AP Pro32 panel (ranking in parentheses): --- CHICAGO BEARS (13) Chris Berman (ESPN, 9) - Defense scoring again. In time to save playoffs? Clifton Brown (Sporting News, 14) - Lovie Smith may need a playoff berth to keep his job. Cris Collinsworth (NBC Sports, 13) Rich Gannon (CBS Sports/SiriusXM NFL Radio, 14) - Lovie Smith could be coaching for his job against the Lions on Sunday. Bob Glauber (Newsday, 15) - Playoff hope lives for another week after a layup win in Arizona. Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News, 12) - How far can the league's most opportunistic defense take the Bears? Chicago leads the NFL with 40 takeaways - but needs some help from Green Bay this weekend to extend the season into January. Clark Judge (CBSSports.com, 14) - All together now: Let's go Pack! Let's go Pack! Ira Kaufman (Tampa Tribune, 13) - They're not out of this thing, thanks to a defense that ended its long siesta. Pat Kirwan (SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com, 13) - Nothing like a game against the Cardinals to stop the bleeding. Now can they beat the Lions on the road? John Lynch (Fox Sports, 13) Alex Marvez (Foxsports.com, 13) - It must sting that the Bears need help Sunday from their archrival (Green Bay) to make the playoffs. Dan Pompei (Chicago Tribune, 13) - We know they can beat a bad team, but they have not beaten a good team in a long time. --- Online: http://pro32.ap.org/poll and http://twitter.com/AP-NFL
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