First round pick offensive lineman Kyle Long will miss Bears organized team activities because of an NFL rule that draft picks cannot participate until after final exams at their colleges. Also, one former GM expects a market to open up …
Continue reading The Bears Beat (05.08.13): Bears first round pick, Kyle Long, will miss OTAs
Defensive end Shea McClellin is looking to take a big step in his second year in the NFL. Also, a look at the life of the defense without Brian Uralcher. And more news from Bears minicamp. McClellin hopes to take …
Continue reading The Bears Beat (04.17.13): Bears’ McClellin looking for jump in Year 2
In the week leading up to the Bears’ 2009 training camp, almost four months after the Bears acquired quarterback Jay Cutler, news broke that Brian Urlacher allegedly had called Cutler a pussy cat — well, he didn’t use the word …
Continue reading Ball is in Cutler’s court now; quarterback can learn from Urlacher
The Bears are not a flashy team. They don’t have the offensive firepower of teams like New England or New Orleans. They don’t have a “shutdown” defense in the purest sense of the word considering they routinely allow offenses to …
Continue reading Good to see Bears get their due
It didn’t take long for Bears fans to feel discouraged by the performance of the first team offense or defense in Saturday’s 32-17 preseason loss to the Raiders. To summarize, the Raiders’ offense received the opening kickoff, converted a 3rd-and-17 …
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In a unique training camp twist, Bears linebackers, led by Lance Briggs, have decided to go with Mohawks, according to Sean Jensen of the Sun-Times. “I spearheaded the movement,” Briggs said. “Hopefully, the whole city of Chicago will have them.” …
Continue reading Bears linebackers sporting Mohawks
This is Part 7 of the 10-part position analysis leading up to the start of the Bears’ 2010 training camp in Bourbonnais. The Bears added a key player to their defense this off-season and they didn’t have to look outside …
Continue reading Countdown to Camp: Urlacher back to lead deep group of linebackers
The Bears are in the midst of their organized team activities and it’s difficult to gauge just how much progress players are making during the summer and without pads on. Hence, it’s still too early to accurately project which players …
Continue reading Projecting the starters at the “uncertain” positions
“Brian Urlacher has the same right to question Gale Sayers’ football acumen as Sayers has to make candid comments on the Chicago Bears’ direction.” -ESPN.com writer Kevin Seifert, who writes for the NFC North Blog, on the current spat between …
Continue reading Kevin Seifert on the Urlacher-Sayers dispute
It’s being billed as a rift between the “old school” and the “new school.” Those who support and agree with former Bear Gale Sayers’ comments about the current Bears team, and those who defend and side with Brian Urlacher’s rebuttal …
Continue reading Media and fans to blame in Urlacher-Sayers spat
