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No Easy Fixes or Short-Term Solutions for Chicago Bears’ Problems
The currently constructed Chicago Bears have hit a crossroads, and the path leading away from this point—the rock bottom of another lost season, perpetuated by Sunday night's embarrassing loss to the Green Bay Packers—isn't lined with any
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Embarrassing Loss to Packers Is Final Nail in Coffin for Trestman, Bears’ Season
There are blowout losses, and then there is the embarrassing, season-ending, coach-killing performance that the Chicago Bears put together Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers. In a must-win game coming out of the bye week, the Bears foun
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Must-Win Game vs. Packers Provides Barometer for Marc Trestman’s Hold on Bears
A must-win game coming out of the bye week—against the division-rival Green Bay Packers in prime time, no less—should provide a barometer of sorts for the hold head coach Marc Trestman still has on the Chicago Bears locker room. A m
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Packers, Bears Both Still Striving for Improvement from 1st Meeting
It's been six long weeks since the two NFC North rivals first met back in Week 4, but the Green Bay Packers still can't stop the run and the Chicago Bears still can't pressure the quarterback. The Packers delivered two second-half takeaways and won t
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The Organizational Failures Behind the Chicago Bears’ 3-5 Start
When a football team many expected to win double-digit games enters their bye week at 3-5, with failures emanating from every corner of the operation, there is no such thing as a vacation. That was the message Monday from Halas Hall, as the Chi
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Why Are the Chicago Bears Winless at Home in 2014?
The Chicago Bears are winless over three tries at home this season, and no one associated with the team could provide a precise or detailed reason why following Chicago's 27-14 loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 7. "There shouldn't be a differe
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Bargain Buy Willie Young Gives Bears the Sack Artist Needed in Chicago
With an NFL-high seven sacks in just six games, Chicago Bears defensive end Willie Young has stated his case as the ultimate bargain buy of the last free-agent period—all while providing the Bears with a much-needed presence at one of the game
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Pass-Rush-Needy Bears Require More Out of Pricey DEs Lamarr Houston, Jared Allen
The Chicago Bears likely envisioned much more than 23 combined tackles and zero sacks through five weeks when general manager Phil Emery agreed to fork over $30.5 million combined in guaranteed money to free-agent defensive ends Lamarr Houston and J
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Critical Turnovers Still Haunting Jay Cutler and the Volatile Chicago Bears
Turnovers during the most critical times have become a losing habit Jay Cutler and the volatile Chicago Bears can't seem to kick. Thanks to three giveaways in the second half Sunday, including a bad interception from Cutler and a game-changing
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Jay Cutler Mistakes, Soft Defense Doom Chicago Bears Again
A couple of poor plays from quarterback Jay Cutler and a defense incapable of getting off the field could pretty much sum up the Chicago Bears' 38-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers Sunday at Soldier Field. The same descriptions could also be us
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