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Reassessing Bears’ Offseason Plan and Breaking Down What’s Left to Address
Few teams in the NFL have been as busy this offseason as the Chicago Bears have been in their attempts to overhaul a defense that was one of the worst in the league in 2013. While the Bears offense was one of the best in the league, the defense strug
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Chicago Bears’ Top Remaining Offseason Priorities
The 2014 offseason has been a busy one for the Chicago Bears and general manager Phil Emery. Since the start of free agency, Chicago bolstered its defense by signing defensive ends Jared Allen, Lamarr Houston, Willie Young and Isr
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Bears Mock Draft: Instant Contributors Chicago Can Find in Every Round
With a little more than a month until the NFL draft on May 8, teams are continuing to scout and analyze potential draft picks. Every team in the league wants to find players in each round who have the ability to contribute from day one, whether as a
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Bears Draft Stock Watch: 8 Players Rising and Falling on Chicago’s Board
In just more than a month, each NFL team will congregate at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City with the hopes of improving their team through the NFL draft. Since the end of the 2013 draft, teams have been formulating their own big boards, wa
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What’s Next for the Chicago Bears After Initial Wave of Free-Agent Signings
Phil Emery and the Chicago Bears have been busy since the new league year started on March 11. The team bolstered its defense by signing defensive ends Lamarr Houston, Willie Young and Israel Idonije; linebacker D.J. Williams; cor
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Breaking Down the Most Important Pro Days for the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery has been active this offseason, ridding the team of a big contract and signing a combination of young and veteran talent to improve the defense. At the start of free agency and the new league year last week, E
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Setting Realistic Expectations for Each Chicago Bears Free Agent Signing
General manager Phil Emery and the Chicago Bears wasted little time on improving their team when free agency officially began last Tuesday. Emery jumped right out of the gate and snagged former Oakland Raiders defensive end Lamarr Houston and former
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Bears by the Numbers: 2013 Stats Chicago Must Improve in 2014
For a team so closely associated with a terrorizing defense, the Chicago Bears took a giant leap forward on offense in 2013 while taking a giant leap backwards on defense. The offense, under the tutelage of new head coach Marc Trestman, scored the se
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Creating the Chicago Bears’ Free-Agency Fallback Plan
Beginning this past Saturday, March 8, at noon ET, NFL teams were able to begin negotiations with agents of unrestricted free agents prior to the official start of free agency on Tuesday, March 11, at 4 p.m. ET. The negotiation window
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Chicago Bears Final Free-Agency Outlook and Predictions
All teams in the NFL wish that they could completely build their roster through the NFL draft and rely on their homegrown talent, often getting them at a cheaper price for the long term. Unfortunately, the league does not always work that way, and te
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