If Saturday nights exhibition was any indication of how the offensive line for the Bears might fare this season, strap in for a wild ride. If I hadn't heard Chris Williams' name mentioned so much for getting burned I wouldn't have known he was out there.

The week prior, Ron Rivera and the Chargers sent the house after Jay Cutler and the Bears, which undoubtedly caused the coaching staff to cut his night short.

We have been hearing this since the Mike Martz rumors first surfaced, and it should come as no surprise to anyone, that the Bears will allow a good number of sacks in 2010. Whether it is the scheme or the line, or a combination of both, Cutler will be on the move a lot this season.

It got me to thinking: How many teams have been in the top 10 in the NFL in the sacks allowed category and made the playoffs? Or better yet, won the Super Bowl?

Let's go all the way back in time to the year 2005.

In 2005 none of the teams in the top 10 in sacks allowed made the playoffs. In fact, only two (Minnesota and Dallas) had winning records.

In 2006 Seattle was tied for fourth with 49 sacks allowed and finished the year 9-7, winning the NFC West. They would eventually lose to our Chicago Bears in the Divisional Round. They were the only top 10 team with a winning record.

In 2007 Pittsburgh went 10-6 and won the AFC North while allowing 47 sacks on the season (tied for 7th most). They would lose in the Wild Card Round. They were the only team with a winning record that season in the top 10 in sacks allowed.

In 2008 Minnesota went 10-6 winning the NFC North despite allowing the 7th most sacks in the NFL. New England went 11-5 while allowing the 5th most. Pittsburgh went 12-4, allowing 49 sacks on the year, 4th most in the NFL. These were the only teams in the top 10 who had records better than .500. Minnesota lost in the Wild Card Round of the playoffs. New England missed the playoffs altogether. Pittsburgh would go on to win Super Bowl XLIII.

Last season only Green Bay made the playoffs while being in the top 10 in the sacks allowed category. They led the league with 51 allowed. The Packers went 11-5 on the season, one of two teams who finished above .500 despite their sack allowed totals (Pittsburgh the other at 50). Green Bay lost in the Wild Card Round to Arizona.

So, in the last five years there have been just five teams who have been in the top five in the sacks allowed category and have gone on to the playoffs. Pittsburgh and Ben Roethlisberger, who is notorious for holding on to the ball and taking sacks, accounts for two of those and the most successful. The 2008 Patriots are an odd circumstance, missing the playoffs despite going 11-5.

Unless you believe that this Bears team is as talented as those Pittsburgh teams of the past you better hope that the line gets things together. History is not on their side if Cutler is hitting the turf with consistency in 2010.