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Zimmerman’s Full First Round Mock Draft
It is that time of season, where people who aren’t draft experts become draft experts and give you their mock drafts. I, too, am one of those people. I do the best I can with these. I try to talk to people around the league and in the media in other markets to come up […]
Potential Options at Linebacker for the Chicago Bears
Hello, Chicago Bears fans! Today we are continuing our comprehensive look at the Chicago Bears roster on the defense side of the ball, from the perspective of scheme fits for the Dennis Allen 4-3 scheme, and how the team can fill those holes with players that fit the respective scheme requirements at those positions in […]
2026 Bears draft: Evaluating prospects with confirmed top-30 visits
The 2026 NFL Draft is now just one day away from kicking off, and the Bears have surely been doing their due diligence in their evaluation process. Part of that process involves bringing in players for top-30 visits. Last year, none of the Bears’ confirmed top-30 visits ended up drafted by the team. That wasn’t […]
NFL Draft 2026: Offensive line options for the Chicago Bears
Taylor Doll’s latest Making Monsters is all about some offensive linemen the Chicago Bears could target in the 2026 NFL Draft. First, she interviews Bill Riley, the Voice of Utah Athletics, to talk about both tackles Spencer Fano and Caleb Lomu. She’s then joined by Tim Fitzgerald, who covers Kansas State for 247 Sports’ Gopowercat.com, to […]
The Mac & Read Show: Chicago Bears Draft Preview
Just one more sleep until Draft Day! Join hosts Evan McLean and Ross Read on their latest show as they dive into the upcoming NFL Draft, discuss what the Chicago Bears should do at 25, while also going over the team’s needs. The NBA playoffs are in full swing, so the fellas spend a little […]
Draft Eve: The Bear’s Den, April 22, 2026
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears LB T.J. Edwards vows to be back ‘when it’s time to go’ after breaking leg in playoffs As long as he’s 100 percent, the sooner the better. TE Colston Loveland was a surprise draft pick by Bears last year at No. 10, and now it’s time for stardom Surprise […]
T.J. Edwards and Colston Loveland Receive the 2025 Brian Piccolo Awards
On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears honored linebacker T.J. Edwards and tight end Colston Loveland as their 2025 Brian Piccolo Award winners. The Award is named after former Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who died from embryonal cell carcinoma, a rare form of cancer, on June 16, 1970. Piccolo’s story, his fight against the illness, and […]
Todd McShay chooses between Kayden McDonald vs. T.J. Parker for Bears in 2026 NFL Draft
In just two days, the Chicago Bears might find themselves debating the very choice ESPN’s Mina Kimes just posed to NFL draft guru Todd McShay: if given the choice between Ohio State defensive tackle Kayden McDonald or Clemson edge rusher T.J. Parker with the 25th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, which do you […]
The Case for DT at 25
As we do every year, we take a look at the Bears’ first-round pick and the different positions the team needs, and what would make sense for the team to do. As a reminder, I will go through multiple positional cases for the 25th pick. Making the case does not necessarily mean I believe this […]
Aaron Leming’s Full First-Round 2026 Mock Draft
NFL Draft week is here, and so is my lone full first-round mock draft of the cycle. With the Chicago Bears not selecting until 25, it’s been a different process this year, figuring out how a muddied crop of first-round talent stacks up against each team’s needs. Due to the ever-evolving NIL landscape in college […]
The Case for OT at 25
As we do every year, we take a look at the Bears’ first-round pick and the different positions the team needs, and what would make sense for the team to do. As a reminder, I will go through multiple positional cases for the 25th pick, making the case does not necessarily mean I believe this […]
Ryan Poles is on a first-round hot streak
Too often for the Chicago Bears, over the past 30 years, their first-round draft picks haven’t hit at a high rate. I’ll even list some to hear the groans come back across the internet. David Terrell, Kevin White, Cedric Benson, Shea McClellin, Gabe Carimi and Chris Williams, to name a few. And we won’t even […]
NFL Draft 2026: A Closer Look at some Georgia Bulldog Prospects
On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by Marc Weiszer, who covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the Athens Banner-Herald. They discuss several Georgia prospects who could fall in the Chicago Bears’ range at 25, as well as potential picks later in the draft. They talk about offensive tackle Monroe Freeling, linebacker CJ […]
The Bear’s Den, April 21, 2026
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Lawmakers sweeten pot to keep Bears in Illinois, with stadium bill linked to statewide property tax relief Illinois going for the Hail Mary? Bears should count on Coby Bryant to carry them at safety rather than sink major draft capital into position Can he play both positions back there at […]
Bears Banter Draft Preview with Ari Temkin
It’s NFL Draft week, and the latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! Make sure you check out our conversation with Ari Temkin to get you set for the 2026 NFL Draft. Ari covers college football and is part of the Chicago Draft Room podcast with Jacob Infante, so he has everything you need to know […]
Which draft prospect do you hope does not land with an NFC North rival?
We’re just three days away from the 2026 NFL Draft, and if everything goes as planned, the Chicago Bears will draft a bunch of future Pro Bowlers, while the Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, and Green Bay Packers take bust after bust after bust. That’s probably not likely, so we asked our guys to give us […]
Chicago Bears to pick up fifth-year option on Darnell Wright
On Monday, the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported that the Chicago Bears were picking up the fifth-year option on starting right tackle Darnell Wright. Wright is the first-ever first-round draft pick of general manager Ryan Poles, and I would imagine the Bears plan to work out a contract extension for their 24-year-old 2nd Team All-Pro. […]
Vote in our 2026 WCG Member Mock Draft Finals!
On Thursday, we published the first round of our seventh annual WCG Member Chicago Bears Mock Draft contest, and while we had some good mocks, it’s now time for the Final Round of voting! With our move to WordPress, we no longer have the ability to embed polls here, so we’ll have to conduct the […]
The Case for Edge at 25
As we do every year, we take a look at the Bears’ first-round pick and the different positions the team needs, and what would make sense for the team to do. As a reminder, I will go through multiple positional cases for the 25th pick, making the case does not necessarily mean I believe this […]
10 Chicago Bears Takes: Pre-Draft Edition
Although late July is still three months away, the last big piece of the offseason puzzle is just days away from being solved as the 2026 NFL Draft kicks off in Pittsburgh on Thursday with the start of Round 1. For the first time in five seasons, the Chicago Bears find themselves picking outside the […]
NFL Draft: Finding the Best Edge Defenders
This is the time of year when fans are desperate to figure out which players have the best chance of improving their teams, and for Bears fans, it’s easy to focus on the anemic pass rush that the team has suffered from over the last few years. The defense has not generated pressure. However, figuring […]
NFL Draft 2026: Is Iowa’s Logan Jones the best true center available?
On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll is joined by John Bohnenkamp, who covers Iowa Hawkeyes football. They discuss the Iowa offensive line, its role in one of the top rushing offenses in the nation, and how both tackle Gennings Dunker and center Logan Jones factored into that success. Of all the draftable Hawkeyes, […]
The Bear’s Den, April 20, 2026
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears GM Ryan Poles wants sustainable success, which starts with saving money by nailing draft picks No pressure, Ryan. Just get it right. Bears bosses and Hammond mayor meet on proposed stadium site Keeping the pressure up on Illinois? Or real? Bears GM Ryan Poles has tough act to follow […]
Who is the 1 guy you want the Chicago Bears to avoid in the draft?
Yesterday, we gave our pick for the one player we want the Chicago Bears to draft, so today, naturally, is the flip side of the topic. We asked our team who we hoped the Bears would stay away from in the draft, and here’s what we had to say. Jacob Infante – I’m wary about Arizona […]
2026 Bears draft: Prospects from Chicagoland to remember
During his time as general manager of the Bears, Ryan Poles has shown a penchant for adding players from the Chicagoland area. Rookie additions like Jack Sanborn, Kiran Amegadjie, and Doug Kramer have all hailed from the surrounding Chicago area. Poles has signed veterans from the region like T.J. Edwards and Robert Tonyan. Should the […]
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