May

29

What if Benson has another good year?

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May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m not sold yet on Matt Forte.
Yes, the Bears running back had a fine rookie season. He was a workhorse, and showed skills as both a runner and receiver.
But … there were some bad signs. There were many games in which Forte had little to no impact. There were a few where he rushed for [...]

May

28

Saw a guy wearing Muhsin Muhammed jersey yesterday

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May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I was in downtown Chicago yesterday when I saw someone wearing a Muhsin Muhammed Bears jersey.
At first I was amazed. Muhammed didn’t exactly have a stellar career while in a Bears uniform. In fact, near the end of his tenure here, it really was “boo” — and not “Mooooose!” — that you heard when he [...]

May

26

Call it mercy: Boot Hampton from the radio waves

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May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I always used to chuckle whenever I’d hear former Chicago Bear Dan Hampton shilling for some auto dealer on the radio. It was hard to get Hampton’s DUI arrest out of my mind.
I don’t laugh when I hear Hampton’s voice now. I cringe. Then I turn the dial.
Hampton is part of the largely unlistenable “Hampton [...]

May

26

Did 1985 Bears have the best season of any football team ever?

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May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The 1980s Bears should’ve won more than one Super Bowl. But those 1985 Bears did just about everything right on their way to that amazing Super Bowl win.
The book is a bit old now, but Dominance, written by Eddie Epstein, is a book that every fan of the Chicago Bears should check out. Epstein’s goal [...]

May

22

When will the calls for a “screamer” coach begin?

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May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment

It’s happened every year since Mike Ditka was fired. So you know it’ll happen again during the Bears’ 2009 season: The calls will come in to local sports talk stations that the Bears need to hire a coach who screams, yells, swears and kicks things at his players.
People here still love Mike Ditka. Yes, the [...]

May

21

Good news for Bears legend Perry: He’s released from the hospital

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May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A CBS News report says that former Bear defensive tackle — and occasional touchdown-maker — William “the Refrigerator” Perry was released from a South Carolina hospital yesterday.
Perry had been hospitalized with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a chronic inflammation of the peripheral nerves.
Perry is one of those Bears that has become legendary. Although it’s questionable how much of [...]

May

20

Can this be the year when all five major teams make the postseason?

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May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Here’s something that has never happened in Chicago sports history: All five of our major sports teams have never made the postseason in the same year.
It could — emphasis on that word “could” — happen this year, though.
Let’s look at our beloved teams: Both the Bulls and the Blackhawks have already made the playoffs. The [...]

May

18

Angelo really does like these receivers?

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May 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The annual Bears Expo took place last weekend at Soldier Field. Of course, most of the buzz there centered on new quarterback Jay Cutler.
But there was an interesting sidebar, of course, centering on the Bears’ weak cast of wide receivers. According to a story in the Sun-Times, several attendees at the expo questioned Bears general [...]

May

15

What happens if Cutler goes down?

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May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Bears Gab blog had a frightening post the other day: What happens to the Bears offense if Jay Cutler should suffer a serious injury?
Why, it’d leave the offense in the hands of Caleb Hanie.
Yikes.
Now, Caleb may be a perfectly fine quarterback. He may be the next Henry Burris. We don’t know because Hanie has [...]

May

14

Running game the key to this Bears season?

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May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

If you’ve never visited Da’ Bears Blog, make sure you do so. It’s a fun blog to read. Even better, it makes you think. (Not that we should ever think too much about football.)
Anyway, in this recent post, one of the blog’s writers says that though new quarterback Jay Cutler is receiving most of the [...]

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