In a few hours the Chicago Bears will take on the Philadelphia Eagles at Soldier Field.  A few weeks ago I was one of the few people that thought the Bears could beat the Indianapolis Colts in an upset.  I thought they could beat the Panthers and the Bucs but some terrible fourth quarter defense threw out those predictions.  I’m not going to be so optimistic this week.
I’ve gone over it in my head over and over again and I just can’t see a game plan that would allow the Bears to take advantage of any weaknesses on the Eagles.  [...]

The Chicago Bears are playing around with their lineup in hopes of stopping the trend of giving up leads in the fourth quarter and losing.  The Bears are currently operating without Devin Hester, who practiced this week but still appears to be uncertain for game time.  Hester said he would like to play but coaches may want him at 100% before putting him back on the field and risking an injury that could cost him the season.  Hester admitted to reporters that he is not 100%, which could be the deciding factor.
More importantly, the Bears are trying to figure out [...]

The Chicago Bears are trying to figure out why they have injuries at every position they decide to release players.  Last year the Bears released safety Chris Harris, who has flourished in Carolina, and promptly dealt with injuries at the safety position all season.  This year the Bears released nickel back Ricky Manning Jr. and just discovered they lost starting nickel back Brandon McGowan for the season with an ankle injury.
Luckily the Bears still have some depth at the position.  In training camp the starting nickel back was Danieal Manning but by the end of camp he had been beaten [...]

Former Chicago Bear and current Carolina Panther Muhsin Muhammed is catching some flack for comments made that Chicago is where receivers go to die.  While the comment is a little extreme, he’s not all wrong.
There hasn’t been a Pro Bowl wide receiver in Chicago since Marty Booker did his first tour here and that was a long time ago.  It’s hard for any receiver to establish themselves in a town with so much quarterback controversy.  Joey Galloway would be probably be more of a household name if not for all the quarterback issues in Tampa Bay. 
But you know what?  The last [...]

The Chicago Bears made an interesting move Wednesday morning by bringing veteran offensive tackle Fred Miller out of retirement.  Miller started for the Bears at right tackle for three seasons, two of which were fantastic and the last of which was ugly.  Last season I led the charge with many other Bears fans in asking Miller to leave town because of his poor play.  The steady veteran had suddenly gone from a rock on the line to mistaken-laden liability.  Several offensive drives were stalled due to holding and off-sides penalties courtesy of Miller.
Low and behold after resigning with the team [...]

After stunning the football world with an upset of the Indianapolis Colts, the Chicago Bears look to repeat the process again this week against the Carolina Panthers.  The Bears have the unenviable task of playing two tough games on the road to open the season.  Luckily the Bears were able to defeat the Bears, arguable the toughest opponent this season.  With that in the bag they turn to Carolina.
Mentioning the Panthers to any Bears fan invokes horrid memories of Steve Smith carving up the field and humiliating the defense.  This contest is guaranteed to haven’t a different result because Steve [...]

The Chicago Bears opened up the 2008 season with an upset shocker of the Indianapolis Colts in the Colts debut of their new stadium.  No one gave the Bears a chance to compete in this game except for a few Bears faithful and the players came through.
The final score of 29-13 paints a clear picture of how the Bears were able to gain control of the game.  In the post-game interviews the players and coach Lovie Smith made the game plan sound very simple.  The Bears still feel they could have won the Super Bowl two years ago if they [...]

The blogging community doesn’t appear to be giving the Chicago Bears the opportunity to take the field without condemning them to a week 1 loss.  The Colts blog Naptown’s Finest has done a preview of the week 1 match up and feels pretty confident that the Bears offense sucks and the Colts can run the show.  I went over to our central hub at Fansided Blogs and was even more disappointed.  In preparing a suggestion on which team to bet on and which fantasy players to start, it suggests to sit Joe Forte.  I was unaware that Bears running back [...]