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Devin Hester Will Never Be a Great WR—and the Bears Need to Stop Wasting Time
You've got to be kidding me. The Bears must be pulling the ultimate practical joke on me because, once again, they seem to think Devin Hester is due to be great at wide receiver.Let's get this straight.Devin Hester is not a great wide receiver.Can we
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Chicago Bears: Way-Too-Early Award Predictions
With the Detroit Lions out of the way and the Packers photobombed into submission, it is time to turn our crystal ball towards Chicago and their beloved Bears.Sadly, the crystal ball only wants to watch Brian's Song, so once again it's time for me to
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Matt Forte Needs to Sign His Tender and Get to Bears Camp
Heads up folks, this one's going to sting a bit.I didn't buy into Matt Forte after his sensational rookie year. There are a lot of statistical reasons I could throw at you but to be honest, we all miss some and Forte was definitely one of mine.I've s
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Chicago Bears: Brandon Marshall Is Not the New Terrell Owens
I said it earlier on Twitter and in the Daily Links, but it bears repeating.When Brandon Marshall leaves a team, he doesn't just burn bridges—he nukes the site from orbit just to be sure.With Marshall's vent on station 740 The Game about the st
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Jay Cutler Needs More Than His Own Health for the Bears to Make the Playoffs
Jay Cutler's 2011 injury was unquestionably the big domino in the Chicago Bears' misfired season. Consequently, his healthy return should make Bears fans very pleased.It's no guarantee of a playoff appearance, though.That's no indictment of Cutler's
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Reports of His Decline Are Greatly Exaggerated: Urlacher Still Has More in Tank
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated - Mark Twain upon hearing of his Obituary in the New York JournalBrian Urlacher and Mark Twain have at least one thing in common—both have been reported as deceased incorrectly.Well, in Urlacher's
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Analyzing 2nd-Year Leap Scenarios for Chicago Bears 2011 Draft Class
While we'll talk about them over the course of the next few months, we've closed the books for now on the 2012 NFL draft and the NFC North's selections.While we love to grade things right after the draft, the truth is it takes several seasons to know
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5 Chicago Bears Training Camp Battles You Can’t Miss
Now that we've gone over the Bears' draft, it's time to look ahead to the summer and training Camp—where veterans will try to hold onto their jobs and rookies (and younger players in general) will struggle to take them over.There are no guarant
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2012 Chicago Bears’ Draft Class: Where Do the Rest of Days 2 & 3 Fit?
We've looked at the top two picks in the Bears' 2012 NFL draft—Shea McClellin and Alshon Jeffery—and their roles in the upcoming season.Now it's time to take a quick look at the remaining four players selected in the draft.The Bears attac
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2012 NFL Draft Recap: Bears’ Alshon Jeffery Is Not Ex-Lions’ Big Mike Williams
On Wednesday I wrote an article on what the quick signing of second round wide receiver Alshon Jeffery meant for the Bears and mentioned how one could construe from the swiftness of it that they could be concerned about his weight and it's easier to
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