The Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions will meet for the 160th time on Sunday. The Bears currently lead the all-time series 90-64-5. Lovie Smith is 8-4 against the Lions as a head coach. The past two seasons the Bears have swept the season series against the Lions. Last season they beat them 48-24 at Solider [...]
Vikings TE Viasanthe Shiancoe Bashes Green Bay
Minnesota Vikings tight end Visanthe Shiancoe, who scored the only touchdown for Minnesota last night spoke up about the Green Bay Packers today. Since this is a nice NFC North story lets hear what the Vikings TE had to say about the highly discussed Packers. Here’s what Shiancoe had to say: “You’ve got to watch [...]
News & Notes: Bears Secondary Issues and SI.com’s Bears Prediction
Third round pick from UF, safety Major Wright is ready to go for week one. Unfortunatly there is no spot for him in the starting lineup as of right now. Danieal Manning and Chris Harris have locked down the starting safety spots. While D.J. Moore beat out Corey Graham for the starting nickelback spot. What [...]
Week One NFL Power Rankings, Chicago Bears Edition
Here are the Week one Bears power rankings from various sites around the web: ESPN: #21 (Last year: #23) Analysis, I’m not buying the Mike Martz-Jay Cutler marriage so far. Are you? Pro Football Weekly: #18 (Last year: #23) Analysis, Serious concerns about development of the offense. NFL.com: #27 (Last year: #23) Analysis, Jay Cutler [...]
Bears Captains And Practice Squad Announced
The Bears announced their team captains yesterday and the players picked to be captains should come as no surprise to fans. Center Olin Kreutz, LS Pat Mannelly, MLB Brian Urlacher, QB Jay Cutler and DE Julius Peppers were named the team captains for the 2010-2011 season. In other Bears news, eight players have been signed [...]
Recap: Bears Announce 53 Man Roster, Some Surprise Moves Made
The Bears announced the list of players they cut to get down to the 53 man roster. My prediction of the 53 man roster from a couple days ago was close, but I made some errors. I honestly did not think some of the draft picks from last year would be cut. Especially in favor [...]
Afalava Among Players Cut By Bears
No one really expected safety Al Afalava to make the roster after his poor performance in the preseason. But the sixth round pick from last season made 53 tackles, two sacks and forced one fumble in 13 starts. Afalava showed he can make good plays at times, but most of the time he just wasn’t [...]
Bear Down: Predicting The 53-Man Roster
The Bears 2010 team might be the most talented in years. Will we see a Windy City revival? Will find out in week one when the Bears take on the Detroit Lions. Who will be on the opening day roster you might ask. I will predict the 53 man roster, tell you who will make [...]
Bears Game Recap: Preseason Game #2
The Chicago Bears didn’t really look like a team ready to compete with NFC North powers Green Bay and Minnesota last night. The defense allowed Raiders QB Jason Campbell to complete his first five passes for 89 yards. Campbell threw for another 81 in the first half. The offensive line gave up five sacks, four [...]
Photos Of The Day: Knox and Bell Being Silly At Training Camp
WR Johnny Knox riding Chris Harris’s segway RB Kahlil Bell dressed like a geek
