The Chicago Bears are battling through a number of injuries. They lost right guard Lance Louis (knee) for the season and they could be without left guard Chris Spencer (knee) for one to two weeks. Wide receiver Devin Hester (concussion) has to pass all the concussion tests in order to get back to playing, while [...]
Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was sacked twice in the home opener versus the Colts and seven times in Week Two against the Packers. Nine sacks through two games is just unacceptable. Clearly a change had to be made up front. The Bears decided to move backup guard Chilo Rachal into the lineup. He spent his first [...]
The Chicago Bears will take to Soldier Field again this Saturday for its second preseason game of the 2012 season. After a lackluster performance last Thursday against the Denver Broncos, the Bears will be seeking improvements in all phases of the game. The second preseason game is usually much like the first: limited time for [...]
With a quarterback that has been sacked 110 times in the last three seasons in Chicago, you wouldn’t point to the Bears offensive line as being its strongest suit. Despite not making any major additions to the offensive line during the offseason, the team feels good about the direction the offensive line is headed. Here [...]
The Chicago Bears‘ offensive line certainly hasn’t been steady the past couple of seasons. ESPN analyzed that the Bears allowed a sack every 10.5 dropbacks over the past two seasons. The Arizona Cardinals were second worst with one sack every 12 dropbacks. The line also ranked 30th in the league when it came to runs [...]
The Bears offensive line has allowed 15 sacks so far this season ranking second worst in the NFL league behind only the 0-4 St. Louis Rams (19). Cutler was sacked 11 times in the first two weeks. However, the last two weeks the offensive line has allowed only four sacks. The Lions defense is tied [...]
The Bears wouldn’t budge on a one-year contract offer with Olin Kreutz, but it might have been because they wanted to add Chris Spencer to the fold. Other teams were said to be interested in his Spencer’s services. By offering Kreutz a contract it makes Kreutz leave on a good note rather than a bad [...]
