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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Bears Losing By Winning, Nagy Impeding Team’s Success, Goodell Says NFL Won’t Jump Vaccination Line, Ravens-Browns ‘Instant Classic’
After taking nearly two months between victories, writing about the Bears’ playoff chances hardly seems worth the effort, especially since…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Bears Bust Out, Trubisky Has Career Game, Playoffs Still Within Reach, ‘Complementary Effort’ May Have Exposed Nagy’s Flaws
The Bears won yesterday’s game against the Texans on their first offensive play of the day, an 80-yard touchdown run…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: A Bears Holiday Wish List, Halas Hall Shut Down Again Due to COVID-19, NFL Announces Walter Payton Award Nominees
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” – Scottish Proverb In normal times, these three days would represent the biggest…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Parkey’s Double-Doink Started Path to Present, Watson Doesn’t Hold Grudge, Packers Can Clinch NFC North This Week
Though things have calmed down somewhat surrounding the fates of Bears’ president and CEO Ted Phillips, GM Ryan Pace, and…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Kmet Emerges as Bears Top Tight End, Nagy Defends Play Calling, COVID and Controversy Find Dez Bryant
I’m guessing we are going to be seeing a lot more of Cole Kmet in the final four games of…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Communication Issues Could Cost Matt Nagy, Theo Epstein Suggested as Ted Phillips Replacement, Bears Place Two on Reserve/COVID-19 List
“We can fix this. Hand me my left-handed monkey wrench, it’ll fix anything.” – My Dad, and presumably many fathers…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Bears Lose 6th Straight, Offense Nauseating After Halftime, Nagy’s Seat Getting Uncomfortably Hot
Let’s start by stating the obvious: It’s time to clean house in Lake Forest, starting with Ted Phillips and including…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Bears Need to Launch Javon Wims, NFL Reinstates Josh Gordon, Happy Anniversary Super Bowl Shuffle
In yesterday’s First and Long column, I linked to an NBC Sports Chicago article that mentioned Bears receivers Allen Robinson,…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Bears-Lions Battle of Embarrassed Franchises, Trubisky Named Sunday Starter, Steelers Stay Undefeated, Goodell Confident NFL Will Finish Season
The makeshift schedule employed by the NFL this year due to COVID postponements is really messing up my body clock.…
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Chicago Bears News, Rumors, & Analysis
First and Long: Packers Blast Listless Bears, Fans Calling for Organizational Changes, Broncos Start Fifth-String QB
After six games the Bears were 5-1 and winning games in the ugliest of ways. Since then, they are 0-5…
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