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Carolina Panthers vs. Chicago Bears: Lessons Learned from Bears’ 23-22 Win
It must be Halloween season, because the Bears scared the hell out of us on Sunday. They almost lost a game they certainly should have dominated, but Robbie Gould kicked a game-winning 41-yard field goal as time expired to narrowly edge a b
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Chicago Bears vs Carolina Panthers: 5 Keys to the Game
I recently wrote that this Bears-Panthers matchup should result in an easy victory for Chicago if things go as planned. But exactly what are these "things" and what has to happen for the Bears to improve to 6-1 on the season? No matter what the recor
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Chicago Bears vs. Carolina Panthers: Analyzing a Potentially Easy Bears Victory
The Chicago Bears defense continued its outstanding run of impressive play in the 13-7 win against the Detroit Lions on Monday night, as the "fountain of youth" they seemingly have found, if bottled, could sell for millions on the open market. But am
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Chicago Bears vs Detroit Lions: Comparing QBs Jay Cutler and Matthew Stafford
Earlier in the week I talked about how the Chicago Bears secondary play is one of the keys to the Bears-Lions matchup on the lakefront Monday night. However, there is no denying that the play of QBs Jay Cutler and Matthew Stafford will go a long
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Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears: Secondary Improvement Key to a Bears Victory
Prior to the season, like a lot of Bears watchers, I was concerned about the offensive line, and whether it could give QB Jay Cutler enough time to complete passes to his new weapon, Brandon Marshall. The other main concern I had was with t
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Chicago Bears: Predicting the Results of the Remaining Games This Season
The Chicago Bears headed into this bye week with a swagger and confidence that was earned through an early-season record of 4-1, along with a somewhat improved offense and a defense that is playing as if it has discovered the fountain of youth. Actua
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Bears vs. Jaguars: 6 Lessons Learned from Chicago’s 41-3 Win
It was a tale of two games on Sunday in Jacksonville. In the first half, there were two teams with equally bad offenses playing to a 3-3 tie in a game that looked to be a real snooze-fest. But in the second half, Chicago exploded in historic fashion,
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Chicago Bears vs Jacksonville Jaguars: 5 Keys to the Game
On the surface, Sunday's matchup between the ball-stealing Chicago Bears and the offensively challenged Jacksonville Jaguars appears to be somewhat of a mismatch. After all, the Bears are standing tall at 3-1 while the Jags are slumping over at 1-3.
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Jay Cutler: Why His Performance on National Stage Possibly His Best as a Bear
If you're a stats geek like me, you know that there is a plethora of various statistical evidence to either support or deny a claim like "this was someone's best game ever" or, "he had his worst performance ever." But in this case, it wasn'
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Chicago Bears: 6 Things We Learned from 34-18 Win over Dallas Cowboys
Full disclosure: Heading into the Monday night showdown in Dallas, I must admit that I had serious doubts about the Bears chances of defeating the Cowboys. But defeat the Cowboys they certainly did, and in impressive fashion. Monday Night Football ha
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