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Long Journey To The Middle – Chicago Bears Position Review: Special Teams

Tony Martin January 16, 2020 0

Hey, Bears fans! This year sucked major ass from almost every metric that one can find. I’ve been tasked with looking at the trainwreck with special focus on the special teams unit, a task I find immensely interesting and also difficult, because damn how exactly does one quantify special

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Long Journey To The Middle – Chicago Bears Position Review: Linebackers (or So Long, and Thanks for All The Lynch)

Tony Martin January 14, 2020 0

For the purposes of this article, I’ll be considering edge rushers as linebackers. Roster/PFF Grade/Stats: Kevin Pierre-Louis (90.5) 27 tackles, 0 sacks Khalil Mack (86.2) 34 tackles, 9 sacks, 4 forced fumbles Nick Kwiatkoski (72.6) 51 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 forced fumble, 1 interception Leonard Floyd (69.8) nice 32 tackles, 3 sacks Danny Trevathan (61.9) […]

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The Vault: Bears/Vikings 2018

Tony Martin December 27, 2019 0

Welcome back to the last regular-season edition of THE VAULT, my weekly column dedicated to giving you 700 or so words about a nightmare of games past. For the 4th straight season, the Bears and Vikings will clash on the final week of the NFL’s regular season, and the words I’ve seen being used to […]

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Week 16 – Chiefs vs. Bears The Vault: 2011 – The Worst Game of Football Ever Played

Tony Martin December 19, 2019 0

Welcome back to THE VAULT, fellow travelers on the cosmic highway that is Bears fandom. Today I’m gonna torture you by recapping a game that is in my opinion the “Worst Game of Football Ever Played.” Now, I’m not counting those 1930s slug-fests between teams named goofy things like the West Aurora Kings or the […]

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The Vault: Bears vs Packers, Smarch 2077

Tony Martin December 12, 2019 0

Welcome back to THE VAULT, where it’s always Week 14 somewhere. While the 2019 Bears have their playoff aspirations dangling by the thinnest of margins, we’re in here living in the past. For those of my dear readers who may not know, I am a high school History/English teacher and I was thinking about having […]

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Week #14 – Cowboys vs. Bears The Vault: 1996

Tony Martin December 4, 2019 0

Happy Thursday and welcome back to THE VAULT, my weekly sermon where my pulpit is a Dave Wannstedt-run sideline and my scripture is just whatever relevant pages and boxscores I can find on Pro Football Reference. Today’s Vault is a deep dive into the Monday Night Football tilt between the Bears and a visiting, defending […]

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Rapid Recap- Bears 24, Lions 20

Tony Martin November 28, 2019 0

Well, the Bears won. Somehow. Just barely. The local boys escaped Ford Field victorious and are now the least convincing .500 team in the league at 6-6. Are we going to spend another week and a half pretending this win is symbolic of a team finally putting it all together? The offense looked better than […]

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Week 13 – Bears vs. Lions The Vault: Thanksgiving 2019

Tony Martin November 27, 2019 0

Welcome back to another edition of THE VAULT, a weekly segment where I leave our global consciousness behind and ascend to an alternate reality where Curtis Conway is a first ballot Hall of Famer and all of our dads quit drinking in the early 90s. Two weeks ago I did a Bears/Lions preview and to […]

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Week #12 – Giants vs. Bears Matchup Spotlight: Apathy and Exhaustion

Tony Martin November 22, 2019 0

Tony Martin: Today’s matchup post is going to look a little different than usual- since this year has been anything but normal, we are having to seriously discuss how to spend our Sunday afternoons. I just started a new job, I’m still in grad school, and I still play in multiple bands- that time of […]

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Week #12 – Giants vs. Bears The Vault: 2006

Tony Martin November 21, 2019 0

Welcome back to THE VAULT: my weekly musings about Bears history, making me the Carrie Bradshaw of the Bears or at least of this website. If you track the metaphor a little bit deeper, you’ll find that Josh Bellamy is my Mr. Big, whereas Dez White had my love slip through his fingers like so […]