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Holmes: The win was legendary

The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! The Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers in the most epic way possible, erasing a 21-3 deficit and coming back in dramatic fashion against their hated rival. The game included so many remarkable moments, including Caleb Williams’ insane throw to Rome Odunze on fourth down, that some […]

Good, Better, Best: Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers, Playoff Edition

Hello, Chicago Bears fans!  Coming at you this week with a special edition of the Good, Better, Best series – Bears vs. Packers in the playoffs.  After that amazing game on Saturday night, it was difficult to figure out what to leave on the cutting room floor.  I briefly toyed with the idea that it […]

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Grading the 2023 Chicago Bears Draft Class

“It takes three years to grade a draft” and it’s been three years since Ryan Poles went into a draft with a 1st-round pick for the first time as a general manager for the Chicago Bears. Based on looking at every draft from 2011-2020, we know what results “should” look like by league by team, […]

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The Mac & Read Show: Bears getting ready for the Rams

The Chicago Bears are in the Divisional round of the playoffs after their massive win over the Green Bay Packers! Evan McLean and Ross Read discuss the historic Dub, Caleb Williams’ growth, and key matchups for this week’s game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. Plus, they preview the divisional playoff games, go over the sure-to-be […]

The Bear’s Den, January 14, 2025

THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Packers-Bears wild-card game sets streaming record Lots of people saw the Packers and their fans get their souls ripped out of their bodies. Good! Amid playoff push, Bears survey season-ticket holders on potential Northwest Indiana stadium From the “Hey, in case you haven’t noticed WE HAVE A HUGE GAME THIS […]

Dick Vitale is a hypocrite

Now that Vitale has weighed in on Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson, it’s worth pointing out that he has had other opinions on football before, such as when he compared college students taking money for their families to prostitution. This was not in private. This was Vitale, on a public platform, deliberately trying to […]

Chicago Bears Next Gen Nuggets vs the Packers

Zebra Technologies, the company behind the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, sent out its weekly newsletter full of Wild Card Weekend stats that are fueled by its RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) on-field player and ball tracking technology. The Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers on Saturday night, and they had a few noteworthy nuggets. Quarterback […]

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January 13 UPDATE: 2025 Chicago Bears 53-Man Roster

On January 13, the Chicago Bears signed linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin from the practice squad to the active roster, activated left tackle Braxton Jones off injured reserve, and placed left tackle Ozzy Trapilo and linebacker T.J. Edwards on injured reserve. Offense (24) Quarterback (3): Caleb Williams, Tyson Bagent, Case Keenum Running back (3): D’Andre Swift, Kyle […]

Hot Take Tuesday: I (f’n) Love It!

The Chicago Bears have won a playoff game. It’s been a long time since we’ve been able to say that. A lot has happened since the last time we could say that. George McCaskey wasn’t running the team; Lovie Smith was the team’s coach, and Colston Loveland was in first grade. Not only did the […]

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Bears place T.J. Edwards, Ozzy Trapilo on IR

The Chicago Bears have placed linebacker T.J. Edwards and offensive tackle Ozzy Trapilo on injured reserve, the team announced on Tuesday. The move effectively ends both of their respective seasons after injuries suffered in Chicago’s Wild Card win over the Packers on Saturday. As corresponding roster moves, the Bears activated offensive tackle Braxton Jones off […]

January 13 UPDATE: Chicago Bears 16-Man Practice Squad

On January 13, the Chicago Bears signed linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin from the practice squad to the active roster and signed linebacker Nephi Sewell to the practice squad. Practice squad injured reserve list: DL Xavier Carlton, OL Ricky Stromberg, TE Qadir Ismail, LB Ty Summers We’ll update this list all season long. Important rules to remember […]

Ben “Bleeping” Johnson, meet George “Bleeping” Halas

(Ed. note: the following column contains salty language.) Johnny Lujack and George Connor had never heard language like that. Certainly not from a head football coach. When the two star rookies signed with the Bears in 1948, they learned immediately the preferred vocabulary of their new head coach, George Stanley Halas. “Lujack and I joined […]

Stock up, stock down: Bears Wild Card win over Packers

None of us can get over it, can we? I just keep scrolling through reaction videos, highlights, etc. For the first time since the 2010 season and the 2011 calendar year, the Chicago Bears have won a playoff game. Here’s a little timeline of what’s happened in my life since the last time the Bears […]

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WCG NFL Power Rankings: And Parting Thoughts For Those Eliminated

The NFL postseason is underway, and Super Wild Card Weekend did not disappoint. Of the six games, the first four came down to the final drive of the game. Away teams won three of the first five games, and a few playoff newcomers advanced to the Divisional Round. With another jam-packed weekend ahead, we’ll dissect […]

Chicago Bears Question of the Day: Was it the best throw you have ever seen?

It’s easy to be a prisoner of the moment. The Chicago Bears just vanquished their greatest foe and turned the page on a difficult chapter of Bears football. There is going to be some hyperbole. Still, it feels like this game will live in infamy, and that’s not hyperbole. Yet, that wouldn’t have been the […]

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The Bear’s Den, January 13, 2025

THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS How a mild-mannered suburban Chicago delivery driver transforms into Bearman Face paint, shoulder pads, bear-head hat and fake fur separate Don Wachter from the Bearman. Bears fans come together with the help of cheese graters, both real and fake Bears fans could be seen shredding some cheese and wearing foam […]

Bears Caleb Williams is The Grate One

Earlier this season, our friends at Breaking T revealed a few Chicago Bears-inspired shirts and hoodies. The Caleb Williams-to-Colston Loveland game-winner against the Bengals and a couple of Good Better Best variations. But their latest one might be the best yet. Fresh off the Bears’ Wild Card win over the Green Bay Packers, you can […]

Film study: 5 Bears scouting reports from playoff win over Packers

For the first time in 15 years, the Chicago Bears have won a playoff game. All hope seemed lost for the Bears going into the fourth quarter of their Wild Card matchup against the Packers. Down 21-6 going into the final 15 minutes of regulation, it felt like it would take a miracle to come […]

The Packers wanted the Bears… and then what happened?

The Green Bay Packers sure were mad after the Chicago Bears walked them off a few weeks ago. They talked and talked, hoping they’d get an opportunity for revenge on the Bears in the playoffs. Welp, they got their wish; it just didn’t work out the way they wanted. “There was probably a little bit […]

Will the Bears start Theo Benedet at left tackle vs the Rams?

When rookie left tackle Ozzy Trapilo hobbled off the field on Saturday night to save the Chicago Bears a timeout, he was in visible pain, and we feared the worst. In his postgame press conference, head coach Ben Johnson confirmed Ozzy had injured his patellar tendon and was likely out for the remainder of the […]

10 Bears Takes Following Chicago’s First Playoff Victory In 15 Seasons

Despite losing their final two games, excitement was in the air across Chicago this week as the Bears prepared to host their first playoff game in seven years. Following their 0-2 start, there’s been a level of magic around this team for the majority of the season. Most fans know that, as fun as this […]

Windy City Honors: Chicago Bears Wild Card Superlatives

The Cardiac Bears. The Comeback Kids. The 2025 Chicago Bears. After a lackluster first half, a different Chicago Bears team stepped onto the field to pull off an improbable 31-27 comeback win over the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card Round. With this win, not only did the Bears advance to the Divisional Round, […]

The Bear’s Den, January 12, 2025

THE DAILY SPONGIE GREEN BAY PACKERS CHOKE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Local officials, celebs celebrate Bears comeback victory against Packers: ‘This is the greatest moment ever’ I dunno about the “greatest moment ever” but it’s certainly the greatest moment in quite a while for Bears fans. Bears: We hit a ‘home run’ by drafting TE Colston Loveland […]