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Bear Bones: Getting you ready for Bears vs Packers III
The Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers meet for the third time this season, having split the previous two, but the stakes are much bigger this time. Win or go home. Wild Card Saturday Night will be the third time these two franchises have met in the postseason, with the teams splitting the previous […]
Stacey Dales previews Bears- Packers on Bears Banter
The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! It’s the third time in the history of the NFL’s longest-standing rivalry that the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have met in the postseason. The two franchises sit currently with a 1-1 record against each other in postseason history and also sit with a 1-1 record this […]
Bears vs Packers Injury Report: Rome Odunze and Kyler Gordon practice in full
The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers at what could be a cold and snowy Soldier Field on Saturday night in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The final injury reports for each team are due today, and for one of these teams, it’ll be the last report until Week 1 of […]
Bears Big Plays Final 2025 Tracker
Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential TrackerInfogram The final screen is full and looking great. I thought there was a great potential for hitting a lot of explosives in […]
Wild Card playoff preview: Green Bay Packers vs Chicago Bears (again)
When I took over writing the game previews several years ago from Steven Schweickert, I changed his naming convention. This was mostly due to changing SEO standards and boring ol’ search stuff that the powers at be are rightly concerned with. But the old preview naming convention works so well for this week. When it […]
Good, Better, Best: Chicago Bears 2025 Season
Hello, Chicago Bears fans! I’m here with a Good, Better, Best review of the 2025 season of the Chicago Bears. What was good…what got better…and what was the best at the end of the season? In many ways, this Chicago Bears team exceeded expectations. Let’s document what Matt Nagy might have called the “Whys” of […]
Caleb Williams Week 18 QB Grade: Bears vs. Lions
The script may be out on the Chicago Bears defense. 2 of the last 3 weeks has seen the Bears have just 3 drives in the first have, and over the last 3 games opposing offenses have focused on long, sustained drives, keeping the ball out of Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears’ hands on […]
The Bear’s Den, January 8, 2025
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Oldest living Chicago Bear, 92, hopes team has Super Bowl in its future: ‘It would be my greatest goodbye’ John Damore wants it to happen. So do we all. Bears’ defense makes big plays, but needs steadier all-around play vs. Packers Wow, that’s an insightful observation! Who would have thunk […]
Bears Over Beers: Packers Preview, NFL Playoffs Outlook
Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they as they get you ready for the first Chicago Bears home playoff game since the 2018 season! That’s right, it’s time for some beers, some Bears, and some playoff football talk (finally)! Join Ryan and […]
Bears vs. Packers Injury Report: Odunze and Gordon ‘Limited’
As the Chicago Bears prepare to take on the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs this Saturday, the second official injury report of the week has been released. The Bears had a walk-thru practice on Tuesday and a full practice on Wednesday. The team listed four players as DNP […]
NFL “STEP Differential” Final 2025 Results
Welcome back to STEP Differential. STEP stands for Sack + Turnover(x2) + Explosive Play Differential. Make sure you’re flipping through pages 2-5 to see everything broken out by component and the overall performance of the STEP Differential in individual games. Infogram below: The Rams (+70) finish as the best team in STEP Differential for the […]
Caleb Williams 2025 Final Stat Tracker
Caleb Williams now has the Chicago Bears single season franchise record of 3,942 yards. His 27 TD passes is tied for the fourth best total with Jay Cutler’s 2009, behind Erik Kramer’s 29 (1995), Cutler’s 28 (2014), and Sid Luckman’s (!!!) 28 (1943). It is a top five season of passing the football in franchise […]
Caleb Williams, Bears OL analysis: Sacks allowed vs. Lions, NFL Week 18
The Chicago Bears allowed just one sack against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, bringing the season total to 24. That’s the lowest they’ve had since I’ve been doing Sackwatch, and it’s also the eleventh fewest for the team all time. So before I break down the sack allowed, let’s take a look at a few […]
Ranking the Head Coach openings in the NFL
It’s the time of NFL year when fanbases either look forward to the playoffs or the offseason, and for six different organizations that offseason is going to involve a reset at head coach. This is a cycle Chicago has been through a lot recently, and from Trestman to Fox to Nagy to Eberflus and finally […]
The Mac & Read Show: Turn the page, it’s Bears vs Packers III
The Chicago Bears didn’t finish the regular season as they hoped, as they coasted through most of Week 18 and lost to the Detroit Lions, but this time, they can turn the page and start a new chapter in the 2025 season: Playoffs. The Bears have an opportunity to get all the good vibes back with a […]
The Bear’s Den, January 7, 2025
THE SPONGIE FLUS GOT FIRED AGAIN SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Ben Johnson can flip narrative after previous Bears coaches’ losses in big games vs. Packers Johnson opened his tenure as the Bears’ coach with a shot at Matt LaFleur and now has to back it up with the Bears’ playoff lives on the line. The football gods […]
What grade do you give the Chicago Bears regular season?
The 2025 season started with back-to-back losses for the Chicago Bears. And some fans panicked. The Bears then won eleven of their next thirteen games; they earned the Cardiac Bears nickname with six come-from-behind wins, they exorcised the Hail Mary demons, bullied the defending champs, walked off the Packers, and won the NFC North. But […]
Wild Card Weekend Power Rankings Roundup for the Chicago Bears
The playoffs are here and the Chicago Bears are not sitting them out. As they prepare to host the Green Bay Packers for round three of their rivalry this season, let’s take a look over how various analysts have them ranked. The Bears aren’t heading into the postseason riding high, following two straight losses, but […]
10 Thoughts on the NFL: A wild ride to end the regular season
1. I can’t believe I watched Lamar Jackson nearly resurrect the Ravens from the dead in the fourth quarter only to watch Baltimore get Cundiffed again at the buzzer, thanks to a missed Tyler Loop field goal. Unbelievable. Well…except for that time when Mark Andrews dropped the game-tying two-point conversion last year. Or when Zay […]
Chicago Bears designate Kyler Gordon and Braxton Jones for return
On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears opened the 21-day practice window for defensive back Kyler Gordon and offensive tackle Braxton Jones to return from injured reserve. The Bears had big plans for Gordon, their starting nickelback, before the season started, but a hamstring injury prevented him from suiting up until Week 5, and then a groin […]
Hot Take Tuesday: Enough with the negativity!
Look what some of you have done. I’m usually the guy pushing panic buttons and overreacting to news and assuming it’s going to go the worst possible way for the Chicago Bears. But some of you have gotten so damn negative after this loss to the Lions, I’m telling you all, just like Michael Jordan […]
Bears-Lions: Stock up, stock down
Finishing a season as fun as the Chicago Bears’ season has been with two straight losses is a bummer. Luckily, it doesn’t feel quite as bad as when they started the season 0-2. It is discouraging but there are still games to look forward to with much higher stakes. The playoffs will be incredibly stressful, […]
Matt Eberflus fired by Dallas Cowboys
For the 2nd time in as many seasons, Matt Eberflus is looking for a new job. After things went south in Chicago, Eberflus was picked up by the Dallas Cowboys’ new head coach, Brian Schottenheimer, and tabbed as the team’s defensive coordinator. After a rocky season in Dallas, Jerry Jones and Schottenheimer decided to go […]
Bears’ Ian Cunningham is a candidate for the Falcons job
Early Tuesday morning, Tom Pelissero broke the news that the Atlanta Falcons have requested an interview with Chicago’s assistant general manager Ian Cunningham. Cunningham has been linked to multiple GM openings in the past, but it’s hard to imagine a better fit than the opening in Atlanta. The Falcons face an uphill battle to dig […]
WCG NFL Power Rankings: Ranking The 14-Team Playoff Field And Parting Thoughts For Those Heading Home
With the conclusion of Week 18’s final Sunday Night Football matchup of the year, the end of the 2025 NFL regular season has become a reality. For the 14 teams headed to the playoffs, a new season has begun. For the 18 other teams that missed the dance, their offseasons will get a jumpstart. Especially […]
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