Archive for July, 2010

Don’t get too excited Bears fans.  There is no veteran QB help coming to Halas Hall.  Instead, they signed Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots castoff Mike Teel.  Here’s the scoop from the best in the business, the Trib’s own Brad Biggs: The Bears have agreed to terms with free agent Mike Teel on a contract, and he is expected to sign his contract on Wednesday, a league source confirmed. The Bergen Record first reported the news. They become his third team in two months as Teel was released by the Seattle Seahawks on May 21 and then claimed off [...]

You’ve helped us pick the rosters, now it’s time to see the fruits of our collective labors.  The FanSided NFL Divisional Smackdown is underway!  It’s time to see which division really is the toughest in the NFL. First up in the voting is the NFC East vs the NFC West and it seems like the better division there is pretty clear cut.  When the best QB your division can muster is Matt Hasselbeck, you’re in trouble NFC West.  Go check it out and see who the NFC North will face in the next round. Over in the AFC, you’ve got [...]

NFL Films’ Steve Sabol is sitting in for SI’s Peter King and gave us a glimpse into a new NFL Network special, The Top 100: The NFL’s Greatest Players.  Sounds a little bit like one of those VH1 I Love the 80′s specials, huh? In the most recent Monday Morning Quarterback, Sabol named his personal list of  “greatest ever” players and counted three Chicago Bears among them.  Here’s the setup to the piece from SI.com: One question I’m asked more than any other is: Who is the greatest player in NFL history? I can’t answer it. It’s like asking me [...]

I’ve been very critical of the Bears and their lack of depth at the cornerback position.  Once you get past Zack Bowman and Peanut Tillman, there’s not much there.  Corey Graham is inconsistent at best and besides him, you’ve got a couple of midgets in DJ Moore and Tim Jennings and rookie Joshua Moore. ProFootball Weekly hears whispers that undrafted 2nd year man Woodny Turenne, who spent last season on the practice squad could be gaining momentum as the third cornerback. The feeling among many hangers-on at Halas Hall is that CB Woodny Turenne, who spent most of last season [...]

The mercury is in the 90′s, training camps haven’t even opened, you-know-who is still in the midst of his own “Indecision” and yet the Bears already caught their first break of the season.  Packers DE Johnny Jolly was suspended for the season for violating the NFL’s substance policy.  If the name Johnny Jolly doesn’t jump out at you, I’m sure if does for Jay Cutler after this play on opening night last season: Sorry for the crappy video; for a better clip, go to NFL.com’s version here. Not sure how big of an impact this really has on the Packers, [...]

If you’d like to get to Soldier Field to take in a Bears home game, don’t forget to set your alarm clock for Saturday morning.  Individual game tickets go on sale on July 17th.  This from the Bears website: Individual game tickets for the Chicago Bears 2010 season at Soldier Field will go on-sale on July 17. Tickets can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000  1-800-745-3000 or through www.ticketmaster.com. For the 2010 season, available tickets will be priced at $68.00 to $365.00 per-game. For regular season games, there will be a limit of four (4) tickets per customer per [...]

Here’s a little fun for one of the last offseason Fridays.  It’s pretty simple: I provide the picture, you provide the caption. Get creative in the comments section.

The FanSided Sports network is getting ready to pick the toughest division in football.  Me and my fellow NFC North bloggers, along with your help, have put together a team to represent the division.  Check out the offense, as unveiled by SideLion Report: QB: Aaron Rodgers – GB RB: Adrian Peterson – MIN, Jahvid Best – DET WR: Calvin Johnson – DET, Greg Jennings – GB TE: Visanthe Shiancoe – MIN LT: Jeff Backus – DET LG: Steve Hutchinson – MIN C: Olin Kreutz – CHI RG: Josh Sitton – GB RT: Mark Tauscher – GB I guess it’s not [...]