It’s crunch time for the Chicago Bears . They enter a critical final four-game stretch of the regular season Sunday when they host the Cleveland Browns at Soldier Field.

Chicago controls its own playoff destiny. The Bears enter Week 15 as the No. 7 seed in a NFC playoff field where they’re behind the No. 1 seed Los Angeles Rams by one game. They’re also half a game behind the Green Bay Packers for the NFC North lead.

If Chicago (9-4) can pick up a couple of wins against the Browns (3-10), Packers (9-3-1), San Francisco 49ers (9-4) and Detroit Lions (8-5), the franchise will return to the playoffs for the first time since 2020.

It’ll start Sunday against a Browns team that plays better than its record. Cleveland has one of the league’s best defenses, spearheaded by defensive end Myles

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