Sunday night in Chicago two of the leagues best teams will face off when the Houston Texans (7-1) take on the Bears (7-1). The two teams have had success this year with their ability to run the football and to play dominating defense. Both offenses have the ability to put up big points and will [...]
Paea aims for return: Defensive tackle Stephen Paea suffered an ankle injury on Saturday and has been out since then. He was out of his walking boot and told the media in Bourbonnais that he would try to return to practice by next week. Without Paea in practice, Matt Toeaina earns another chance at being [...]
The Bears‘ defensive line was pretty solid at times last season. They didn’t get consistent pressure, but they were one of the better units in the NFL. Defensive end Julius Peppers racked up 11 sacks, while defensive tackle Henry Melton added seven sacks in his first season as a starter. Defensive end Israel Idonije contributed five sacks. Defensive tackle Amobi Okoye recorded [...]
The Seattle Seahawks (6-7) and Chicago Bears (7-6) will battle it out today at 1 p.m. ET at Soldier Field. The Bears trail the all-time series 6-8. They played the Seahawks twice last season, both games were in the windy city. The Seahawks defeated the Bears in the regular season matchup 23-20, but the Bears [...]
Rookie defensive tackle Stephen Paea made a big impact in his first NFL game helping bring down Vikings QB Donovan McNabb midway through the first quarter for a safety. The Bears’ last safety came in the 2009 season opener in Green Bay when Danieal Manning sacked Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the end zone. The [...]
The Bears inked their fifth and sixth-round picks to four-year deals on Wednesday. QB Nathan Enderle (5th) and LB J.T. Thomas (6th) were happy to wrap up their deals with the Bears. Today, DT Stephen Paea (2nd-round pick), and safety Chris Conte (3rd-round pick) signed four-year deals. Paea will have a chance to contribute right [...]
Only the top three picks have been assigned uniform numbers. Offensive tackle Gabe Carimi will wear No. 72, defensive tackle Stephen Paea will don No. 92 and safety Chris Conte will wear No. 47. Quarterback Nathan Enderle and linebacker J.T. Thomas will likely be given numbers soon. For more news on Twitter, follow @Bearsbacker.
Bears first-round pick, OT, Gabe Carimi (No.29) threw out the first pitch yesterday at the Chicago White Sox/Baltimore Orioles game at US Cellular Field. But him and the rest of the Bears draft class didn’t grade out well with Yahoo Sports feature writer Jason Cole. Here is what Cole had to say about the Bears [...]
The Bears had a successful 2011 NFL Draft. They came away with two very good players in the first and second rounds. They finished off the draft with high energy players, who flashed a lot of potential in college. Some analysts like what Jerry Angelo and Co. did in this year’s draft, others didn’t. Here’s [...]
