The Chicago Bears (2-0) are off to their best start since the 2013 season, but it’s safe to say that they just as easily could’ve been 0-2 given some uneven performances and last-second heroics to remain undefeated.
Sure, they’re not the best 2-0 team out there right now, but the Bears are undefeated after the first two weeks, which certainly bodes well at this point of the 2020 season. While it’s certainly way too early to be talking playoffs just two weeks into the season, it’s hard to argue with what history says about NFL teams that have gotten off to a 2-0 start.
Since 1990, teams that have started the season 2-0 have made the playoffs 61.3 percent of the time, according to Pro Football Reference. Teams that start 2-0 have won the Super Bowl almost 8 percent of the time.
Those odds should only increase this season with the extra wild card spot in each conference.
Considering the Bears were two plays away from starting 0-2, where teams have just a 12.6 percent chance to make the postseason, it’s certainly not a bad thing to be sitting pretty at 2-0 — even if those wins could’ve been more convincing.