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What the Chicago Bears’ Offense Needs Is (an) Execution
The Bears thought they had their bye week prior to facing Atlanta. Instead, like anyone else who plays the Cleveland Browns this year, the Bears have two byes. And AFC North teams have three byes. The NFL is full of bad teams this year, and then ther
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More Trouble For Chicago Bears Defensive Tackle Tommie Harris
Remember the good old days when Bears coach Lovie Smith and defensive tackle Tommie Harris were fellow Texans in arms, working for a common cause? Apparently those days are long gone. Smith on Monday more or less admitted to benching Harris prior to
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More Trouble For Chicago Bears Defensive Tackle Tommie Harris
Remember the good old days when Bears coach Lovie Smith and defensive tackle Tommie Harris were fellow Texans in arms, working for a common cause? Apparently those days are long gone. Smith on Monday more or less admitted to benching Harris prior to
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Chicago Bears Defenseless Against Cedric Benson and Cincinnati Bengals
CINCINNATI—Apparently Tommie Harris was doing a lot more than everyone thought. The Bears played without their once dominant, now perpetually convalescing defensive tackle, and made him look good by producing their worst defensive effort since
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Jay Cutler Earning His Money The Hard Way With Chicago Bears
The Bears paid Jay Cutler but they’ll be fortunate to get their money’s worth this season unless something changes. Cutler’s two-year contract extension pays him $20 million in bonuses and $30 million total new money while keeping h
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Jay Cutler-to-Greg Olsen Connection Falls Flat for Chicago Bears
A funny thing happened on tight end Greg Olsen’s way to becoming quarterback Jay Cutler’s go-to guy. Cutler got to some other receivers. So four games and 10 catches for 94 yards into the season, the Bears head into their Sunday night roa
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Numbers Adding Up For Bears’ Defense, But Not All Of Them
The Bears' defense made it into their bye week with one standout number to go with a lot of questions about the rest of their season. Any way they slice it, 14 sacks after four games speaks well about changes they’ve made in the offseason in terms
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Chicago Bears Special Teams Help to Overcome Injuries, Invigorated Detroit Lions
The Bears could call it a special victory Sunday, even if defeat and Detroit have become synonyms in recent years. Everyone from the special teams, to the defense, to quarterback Jay Cutler, to running back Matt Forte and even the coaching staff had
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Jay Cutler and Dicey Run Game Have Chicago’s Offense Coming Together in Pieces
The Bears’ offense is coming together piece by piece. It’s just that the pieces aren’t fitting together in the order many thought they would. “I know it is going to take some time and I knew it wasn’t going to be the first week, and it’s
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Lovie Smith’s Philosophical Alteration Helps Chicago Bears to 2-1 Mark
If one person is more responsible for the Bears owning a 2-1 record, it’s obviously quarterback Jay Cutler for engineering two fourth-quarter rallies. If you’re looking for one other name, try Lovie Smith—the same Bears coach who gets blasted a
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