Are the Bears a playoff team? Are the Bulls a winning team? And who’s the Cubs’ right fielder next season?

The Bears have won three consecutive games, improving their record to 3-2, and have the 1-5 Saints coming to Soldier Field for a noon kickoff Sunday. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we had the audacity to bring up the P-word.

No, not Petitbon, Piccolo, Plank or even Payton.

“P,” as in “playoffs.” Are they on this Bears team’s horizon?

“I would like to think so, but let’s see if they can beat a 1-5 team decisively this week,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented.

“It’s slim and none, and slim just walked out of the room,” @JBIRD1268 wrote.

We also asked how many games the Bulls, who open their season Wednesday, will win.

“I have not seen enough changes for more than 39,” @ronw_sportsnut weighed in.

Last, we asked whom you’d like to see in right field for the Cubs next season. Run it back with Kyle Tucker? Give Seiya Suzuki another crack at the full-time job? Throw young Owen Caissie out there?

“Suzuki in right, Moises Ballesteros as DH,” @PoliticsFan10 responded.

On to the polls:

Poll No. 1: Now that the Bears have won three in a row, do you see the playoffs on their horizon this season?

Upshot: Is it too soon to start planning that Super Bowl parade?

Poll No. 2: The Bulls open their season Wednesday. Out of 82 games, how many will they win?

Upshot: What a smart-aleck, that @SDEagle1999, who suggested there “should have been a ‘39 to 42 wins and a loss to the Heat in the play-in tourney’ option.” Come to think of it, that’s a pretty good point.

Poll No. 3: Whom are you hoping to see in right field for the Cubs on Opening Day 2026?

Upshot: Remember, folks, it’s the Cubs’ money, not yours. Your only responsibility here is to want them to spend it. Just saying.