This Sunday’s matchup between the Bears and the Cowboys pits one of the best offenses (Dallas) in the league against one of the best defenses (Chicago). The Bears have proven to be able to keep running games in check. They have held LaDanian Tomlinson and Larry Johnson to low rushing totals in their 2 games [...]
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Cowboys vs. Bears – Week 3 Preview
Friday, September 21st, 2007Bears place Brown and Dvoracek on IR
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007Not only did the Bears drop their opening game to the Chargers on Sunday, they also lost defensive team captain and Pro Bowl safety Mike Brown and defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek for the season. Brown has struggled with injuries throughout his career. The Bears brought in Adam Archuleta to play strong safety and moved Brown [...]
Bears acquire and sign DT Darwin Walker
Wednesday, August 1st, 2007The Chicago Bears filled the hole that was left by Tank Johnson and his arsenal of weapons. They acquired DT Darwin Walker for a conditional 5th round pick. Walker has played his seven previous seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles. Over that time he’s racked up 27.5 sacks. That kind of production will definitely help the [...]
Lance Briggs sees the value of actually playing football
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Lance Briggs is still a baby, but at least he’ll be a baby in a Chicago Bears uniform this football season. Briggs who was tagged as a franchise player in March vowed to never play for the Bears again. He demanded that the Bears either remove the tag, or trade him. What a punk. Of [...]
Peanut around until 2013
Thursday, July 26th, 2007The Bears have locked both of their starting cornerbacks up for a long time. Tuesday the Bears signed Charles “Peanut” Tillman to a contract through 2013. Nathan Vasher signed a 5 year contract extension earlier in the summer. Peanut has definitely been burned on big plays, but he is a solid corner, and he definitely [...]
2007 NFL Draft Recap
Monday, April 30th, 2007It’s time to look back on the 2007 NFL draft. What were the stories, who were the big winners and what were the bonehead moves. Top stories Brady Quinn is definitely a huge story in this draft. Up until a few weeks ago it was a 2 horse race for the top pick between Quinn [...]
Chicago Bears draft Greg Olsen from the University of Miami
Saturday, April 28th, 2007With the 31st pick in the 2007 NFL draft the Bears picked up a pass receiving tight end Greg Olsen. From the scouting report it seems like this guy is similar to Jeremy Shockey, another Hurricane tight end. Let’s hope so. The scouting report gave him rave reviews for his pass catching, but failed to [...]
2007 NFL Draft
Friday, April 27th, 2007So the questions about who you would draft can get a little silly. Of course each team has to take into consideration their own needs and who is available. Of course every team would like to take Calvin Johnson. He’s going to be a star in the league for years to come. In my mind [...]
Bears trade Thomas Jones to the Jets
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007So the Bears have solved their running back problems… or have they? They traded Thomas Jones to the Jets Monday for the 37th overall pick in the draft. There are a couple of takeaways from this. The Bears believe in Cedric Benson. He definitely came on strong last season as he gained more carries as [...]
Lovie Smith gets his contract
Thursday, March 1st, 2007Following a 2005 NFL Coach of the year award with a Super Bowl appearance, heading into this off season, Lovie Smith’s future with the Bears was in limbo. He was the lowest paid coach this past season, and was heading into the final year of his current contract. There was much speculation about whether the [...]