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To the Mountain Top – Chicago Hires OC Bill Lazor, Red Rocket to Follow?

Wes French January 16, 2020 0

By now you probably know the Chicago Bears hired veteran NFL coach Bill Lazor as Offensive Coordinator. Wooohooo. We knew this hire wasn’t going to be real interesting, at least not in a style/scheme sense, when Head Coach Matt Nagy announced he would not be giving up play calling duties

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Long Journey to the Middle – Bears Positional Report Cards: Running Backs – Running in Place

Wes French January 7, 2020 0

Jordan Howard was sent packing. Tarik Cohen, gem of the 2018 draft, planted his flag as the next Darren Sproles-esque gadget back. Ryan Pace maneuvered ahead of his counterparts in the middle rounds to select David Montgomery, the quiet, no-nonsense, blue collar worker back that was going to excel immediately in the system. Pace also […]

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Week 16 Preview – Chiefs at Bears: No Sense Dwelling On What Could Have Been

Wes French December 20, 2019 0

 @ RECORDS: Chiefs 10-4 @ Bears 7-7 KICKOFF: 7:15 pm TV: NBC  I’m sure you all read that headline and thought, “please, no, not a post about why this team would be Super Bowl bound with Patrick Mahomes“. Guess what? I WOULD NEVER. No, this is about what could have been for a team that […]

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Week 15 – Bears vs. Packers Match Up Spotlight – Running Away With Things

Wes French December 13, 2019 0

Tony: Wes, I’ve been spending a lot of sleepless nights since last Thursday wondering about how the ground game for the Packers lines up against the run defense of our Bears. I wake up, clutching the pillow in my buddy’s guest room wondering if the Bears could patch up the defense enough to take away […]

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Bears Week 14 Recap – Runnin’ Runnin’ and Runnin’ Runnin’

Wes French December 5, 2019 0

Matt Nagy finally did it. They finally let Mitchell Trubisky run around and do what he loves, and guess what? It was all a  Borat voice GREAT SUCCESS as the Bears win their third straight to go over .500 for the first time in 10 weeks with a 31-24 victory. Mitch ran for 64 yards […]

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Week 13 Bears at Lions Preview: Dessert Before Dinner

Wes French November 27, 2019 0

 vs Bears (5-6) at Lions (3-7-1) Kickoff: 11:30 am TV: Fox 32 Radio: WBBM 780   If this all feels oddly familiar, it is. The Bears and Lions will meet for the second time in three weeks, playing the early Thanksgiving game in Detroit, all for the second straight year of this exact same format. […]

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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 Preview: On Letting Go

Wes French November 22, 2019 0

  vs.   Giants (2-8) at BEARS (4-6) Kickoff: Noon  TV: Fox 32 Radio: 780 WBBM For your future’s sake I’ve got advice I’d advise you to take Don’t keep betting on it “Well, it’s gotta light me up sometime” You lost your turn Matt Nagy is getting some emo treatment this week, at least […]

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Week 7 Preview – Saints at Bears: Show Me What You Got

Wes French October 18, 2019 0

vs Saints (5-1) at Bears (3-2) TV: FOX 32, 3:25 PM (GAME OF THE WEEK™) Radio: WBBM 780 AM/105.9 FM Aaaaaaand we’re back. The Bears come out of the bye and welcome the Teddy Bridgewater-led Saints into Soldier Field with a lot to prove. The Saints arrive winners of four straight, games that can best […]

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Bears after the Bye: What now?

Wes French October 15, 2019 0

Daaaaaaa Bears are back at Halas Hall and practicing this week after the long week off following the loss in London. They’re not whole, though. Kyle Long was mercifully decommissioned on Monday, hitting IR without a designated to return rider. Akiem Hicks isn’t on IR, but Matt Nagy casually said he hopes to see his […]