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Projecting the Bears Final Roster

Training camp is obviously a very fluid situation, especially coming off an abbreviated offseason with expanded rosters and before the first preseason game. But speculation is an awful lot of fun, so I wanted to take a look at the projected 53-man roster based on where we stand right now. Some of this will be [...]

How much will Hanie cost?

Caleb Hanie is an unrestricted free agent this year and I am sure the Bears are going to try to resign him, but the question is what will he cost and will the Bears pay up? He has proven himself to be a very capable backup and with the looming 18 game schedule teams are [...]

Without Cutler the Bears should start Hanie

Caleb Hanie seduced me the way every back-up quarterback should: with big throws and gritty play against other scrubs in the waning moments of a preseason game. Oh Caleb you had me at that Hail Mary pass to beat the 49ers. With Jay Cutler officially sidelined with concussion symptoms the Bears are probably counting their [...]

Bears Flaws Exposed

At 7pm central time Sunday a Bears fan could’ve said ‘our offensive line is going to get Jay Cutler killed’ and chuckled. Three hours later that seemed like far too disturbing a reality to joke about. What a difference a loss makes. Now the Bears must deal with a concussed quarterback and an offensive line [...]

Giant Killers or a Giant Tease?

Through 3 weeks of the NFL season the Bears are the lone undefeated team in the NFC. Cutler is a top 5 rated quarterback, Urlacher has returned to Pro Bowl form, Devin Hester is getting all ridiculous again, and Julius Peppers is earning his $91.5 million price tag. Yet it’s hard to fight the temptation [...]

Who’s on the chopping block as the preseason comes to an end?

The Bears performance Sunday night in Denver is about the most encouraging preseason this side of the Saints marching up and down the field on the Oakland Raiders. Between Jay Cutler leading the offense on a 98 yard touchdown drive, Devin Hester recapturing the magic with a 54 yard punt return, and the first team [...]

Could Cutler learn something from Rex?

It would probably be considered putting it lightly to say that was not what Bears fans expected from the first appearance of their new franchise quarterback. In fact, if not for Kyle Orton’s own disastrous – three interception – debut with the Broncos there might have been a few twinges of regret. But for all [...]

Big Question: How will Cutler’s INTs hold the offense back?

For all intents and purposes the Bears roster is set. While fans and even players might dream of the addition of Plaxico Burress or another veteran wide receiver, GM Jerry Angelo doesn’t seem to share that vision and seem content to go with this roster. So during this lull, where few changes are likely to [...]

Is Ron Rivera your 2010 Chicago Bears Head Coach?

Define irony: a guy you fired three years ago because you thought you could do a better job without him coming back to take your job because you couldn’t do it without him. Maybe not poetic enough for Alanis Morissette but it could be a reality for Lovie Smith. Lost in the high and residual [...]

Tough times for Rex, but does Jay Cutler change his legacy?

Rex Grossman…His name alone brings about a staggering variety and range of emotions that just might match the peaks and valleys in his play. He is the most polarizing Chicago sports figure of the new millennium, and maybe any millennium for that matter. Not an easy task when you consider that Sammy Sosa went from [...]