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Lovie Smith Ain’t Going Nowhere: Business as Usual for the Chicago Bears
When the Chicago Bears began their general manager search, the one thing written in stone was that Lovie Smith would be their coach in 2012. That meant anyone who agreed to take the position could not make a coaching change until after the year play
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Chicago Is Not a Bears Town, It’s a Cubs Town, and I’ll Tell You Why
All you ever hear in Chicago is how it is a Bears town. You hear it on the radio, and you read it in the newspapers and hear fans say it.So, let me be the one to tell you that they're all wrong.The argument is that you have two baseball teams in Chic
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Chicago Bears: Future Prospects Are Not Very Bright
It seems like Chicago Bears fans just want to hear everything is wonderful, but I'm here to give them a dose of reality, and they're not going to like what I have to say. The window for them to make the playoffs is closing fast. R
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Chicago Bears Fans Shouldn’t Be Happy About the Green Bay Packers’ Loss
Chicago Bears fans were dancing in the streets on Sunday when the New York Giants upset the Green Bay Packers, but if they used their heads instead of their hearts, they wouldn't be thinking that way. Growing up in Chicago—starti
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Chicago Bears Fire Jerry Angelo and Leave the New GM Up to Lovie Smith
Like a cockroach scurrying around after a nuclear holocaust, coach Lovie Smith survived the purge as the Chicago Bears fired GM Jerry Angelo, offensive coordinator Mike Martz and quarterback coach Shane Daly. In fact, it was a Lovie-fest at
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Lovie Smith: The Fallacy That the Chicago Bears Coach Has Ever Been Good
Chicago Bears GM Jerry Angelo is getting all of the grief for another disappointing season, while head coach Lovie Smith is getting a free pass due to injuries.That is just not right. People say, "How could you expect him to win when he doe
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Chicago Bears: Matt Forte Is Underpaid, but Why Should We Care?
It was just another night at the office Monday night for Matt Forte, running for 133 yards, including 52 on the opening drive of the game and leading to a 7-0 Chicago Bear lead. That should have his supporters shouting from the rooftops once again ab
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Lovie Smith and Jerry Angelo Are What’s Wrong with the Chicago Bears
If you were depressed by the Chicago Bears loss Monday night to the Detroit Lions, stop reading now, because you are going to be far more depressed when I paint a picture of the future for you.You have seen the best there is from this Bears team as y
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Chicago Bears Beat the Carolina Panthers and I’m Not Impressed
At the end of the game, the scoreboard said the Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 34-29, but for anyone who watched, that score was not indicative of how badly the Bears were outplayed on Sunday. Carolina had 543 total yards against the Bears,
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Chicago Bears Quarterback Jay Cutler: Maybe He’s Just Not That Good
I wondered why Denver Bronco fans were unanimously negative about Jay Cutler when I visited Denver shortly after he was traded to the Chicago Bears in 2009. I know he doesn't have an endearing personality, but I'm starting to see why they were happy
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