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Can the Chicago Bears Rise Above Growing Injury Problems?
Don't expect to hear much pity from the Chicago Bears regarding the injury problems currently derailing the season of their longtime rivals to the north. While the Green Bay Packers have lost two straight games without Aaron Rodgers and a host
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Why Pressuring the Quarterback Will Decide the Chicago Bears’ Season
Eight games into the Marc Trestman era, it's fairly safe to say that the Chicago Bears have found a consistent recipe for scoring points, regardless of who is playing quarterback. In the six games started and finished by Jay Cutler, Chicago ave
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Will Jay Cutler’s Return Swing NFC Playoff Race?
Two short weeks ago, the Chicago Bears had just dropped their third game in four tries, and both Jay Cutler and Lance Briggs were lost to what appeared to be significant injuries. A season that started so promising appeared to be on the brink o
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How the Depleted Bears Can Pull off Shocking Upset over the Packers
The Chicago Bears have lost three of four games since starting 3-0, and neither Jay Cutler nor Lance Briggs—two leaders on their respective side of the football—will be suiting up for Monday night's meeting with the Green Bay Packers.&nbs
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Chicago Bears Need Massive Defensive Improvements to Stay Alive in Playoff Hunt
In each of the last two seasons, the Chicago Bears have watched promising starts fall apart following an injury to quarterback Jay Cutler. Thumb surgery in 2011 cost him the final eight games after a 7-3 start. A year later, his concussion bega
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Does Jay Cutler Have a Future With the Chicago Bears Beyond 2013?
A third injury in as many seasons may open the door for Marc Trestman and the Chicago Bears to part ways with quarterback Jay Cutler after 2013. At the very least, a one-month trial with a game-managing quarterback like Josh McCown will give Tr
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Can the Chicago Bears Weather Jay Cutler’s Absence?
In back-to-back seasons, an injury to quarterback Jay Cutler signaled the beginning of the end for the Chicago Bears' playoff hopes. In 2011, Cutler suffered a fractured thumb and needed season-ending surgery. After fashioning a 7-3 record with
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Can the Chicago Bears Finally Rediscover a Pass Rush?
For years, the Lovie Smith-led Chicago Bears used a relentless pass rush from the defensive line, athletic, sideline-to-sideline linebackers and an opportunistic secondary to continually rank among the NFL's best defenses. That formula has hit
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Bears Proving Turnovers Will Once Again Define Their Season
Three more interceptions and the 17 points added to the NFL's top total off turnovers provided the necessary difference for the Chicago Bears' 27-21 win over the New York Giants Thursday night. The means of victory once again highlighted how im
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What’s Wrong with the Bears and How Chicago Can Get It Fixed
The previously 3-0 Chicago Bears have lost two straight games and now face the quick turnaround of a Thursday night matchup against the New York Giants. A home game against the scatterbrained and mistake-prone Giants, who haven't won in five tr
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