Day 15 of the Chicago Bears offseason. I’ve already begun my Super Bowl food preparation by nailing down the chili recipe I’m going to use via my friend Jim. It is my favorite chili recipe to go off of because of its versatility. For instance, I love using a blend of Italian sausage and ground beef when I make that recipe. I once made it with ground turkey, chorizo, and diced chicken. There is an idea rattling around in my head of what I want to do this time. We’ll see if I can nail it down by...
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In a vacuum, I recognize that needing to come back from a 2-1 deficit with the help of two penalties, one of which your player misses, and a few other lucky bounces, all against the worst team in the league, is not ideal. If Borussia Dortmund are indeed able to run down Bayern Munich in […]
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Day 14 of the Chicago Bears offseason. Pat yourself on the back if you successfully made it through January. Just don’t hurt yourself while doing so.
I’ve been thinking about what the duties of being the offensive coordinator for Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson entails, which brought me back to this Declan Doyle quote from his introductory press conference last February:
“Basically, I have to do that work that (Johnson’s) not gonna have time to do, and he’s going to have to be abl...
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We’ll occasionally have staff roundtables here at Windy City Gridiron, where members of our team answer a few questions about the Chicago Bears, but today I wanted to flip the script. I guess you can call this a reverse roundtable, because I want you, our WCG members, to answer these three questions. 1) Of all […]
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We’re about five weeks away from NFL Free Agency, and with the salary cap expected to jump from this year’s $279.2 million to a projected $301.2 to $305.7 million, the Chicago Bears (and the other 31 teams) will have more to play with. The Bears didn’t have much cap wiggle room at season’s end, but […]
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Yesterday, the Chicago Bears named kicker Cairo Santos as their Special Teams Player of the Year, which was well deserved, because in a season full of clutch moments, Santos had a hand in several of their comebacks. His understanding of the Soldier Field winds is something he’s learned in the last six years in Chicago, […]
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Day 13 of the Chicago Bears offseason. I haven’t slept well in about a week. The bad news is that it is starting to catch up with me. But the good news is that I have a plan in place to get a good night’s sleep tonight. Hopefully, nothing throws me off or sidetracks my plans. Keep your fingers crossed.
Happy Senior Bowl Day! Patrick has a Senior Bowl primer full of names Bears fans should get to know at a variety of positions including edge rushers, interior defensive linemen, linebacke...
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As much as Chicago Bears fans might not like to admit it, they now have a priority even higher than fixing the defensive line: finding a left tackle. With Ozzy Trapilo going down due to a serious patellar tendon injury that will require a long recovery, this team’s left tackle for the 2026 season might […]
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Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle will be leaving to become the offensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Monday. Doyle, 29, will be taking over offensive play-calling duties for Baltimore, according to Schefter’s report. With their new head coach Jesse Minter coming from a defensive background, their offensive coordinator hire […]
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A little over one week after hiring new head coach Jesse Minter, the Ravens have filled their second-most important coaching vacancy by hiring Bears offensive coordinator Declan Doyle. He will take up the same job in Baltimore, where he will be tasked with building a new offense around two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson. Doyle, 29, […]
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Day 12 of the Chicago Bears offseason. I woke up this morning, looked outside, and thought about how being at Wrigley Field on a Friday at 1:20 p.m. CT could fix me right now. Summer is coming … right?
I started writing this top Bullet about the Atlanta Falcons hiring away Bears Assistant General Manager Ian Cunningham, then stopped when I realized it was rapidly becoming a post. With that being said, one thing that I’ll share here as a lead point is that I am struggling to strike a bal...
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Those that know WCG’s Bchuk44, know that he usually leans heavily towards the optimistic side of things. But with great hope comes greater expectations. Which, for Bears fans typically leads to inevitable disappointment. Like many of you, Bchuk had very high hopes for dozens of players on this team heading into this year. Most of […]
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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL IAN CUNNINGHAM Bears lose assistant GM Ian Cunningham to Falcons Georgia native Cunningham is Atlanta’s new GM. All of these articles are about the same if you want to save time, just read one of them. Falcons hire Ian Cunningham as new GM Falcons announce Ian Cunningham as their new GM […]
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With the Chicago Bears eliminated from the playoffs, Atlanta moved quickly to line up their new general manager. That would be Chicago Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham, who steps into his new role as Falcons GM reporting to Matt Ryan and working with freshly minted head coach Kevin Stefanski to try to build this team […]
From The Falcoholic
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After a few years of coming close in interviews, Ian Cunningham is finally leaving the Bears for a general manager position. The now former Bears assistant general manager is headed to the Atlanta Falcons to be the team’s new GM, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. So now we can add finding a new assistant general manager to Ryan Poles’ offseason to-do list.
Bears GM Ryan Poles was Falcons president of football Matt Ryan’s guard at Boston College. The two have remained close, and now Ryan is ...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Ian Cunningham, the Chicago Bears’ assistant general manager, is set to become the general manager for the Atlanta Falcons, according to multiple NFL insiders. Cunningham has served as the assistant general manager and right-hand man to GM Ryan Poles for the past four years. Before coming to Chicago, he was an assistant director of player […]
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It’s been a weird week. The Super Bowl is set. The Senior Bowl is this weekend. And yet, I still haven’t really entered “offseason” mode as a writer who covers the Chicago Bears.
Chicago playing meaningful football into mid-January has thrown off my internal clock. Heck, I didn’t even realize the Senior Bowl was this week until Luis Medina brought it up in our weekly meeting on Tuesday.
That said, I’ve got to start fleshing out my Bears thoughts. I’m going to dump some here today, an...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Chicago Bears fans don’t need any more proof that Ben Johnson is the perfect coach for this team. But I’m sure you won’t say no to some more. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell put together his rankings of the best head-coaching hires of the last five years—a total of 37 overall. And guess who has already cracked […]
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While DJ Moore might be polarizing to some Chicago Bears fans, it sure sounds like he has the support of his position coach — which is probably more important in the grand scheme of things.
In an interview with WGN’s Jarrett Payton, Bears WRs Coach Antwaan Randle El disussed a variety of topics. One thing that stood out from the chat session was Randle El coming to the defense of one of DJ Moore. You’ll want to check out the whole thing on your own time because I found the conversation to...
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The Detroit Lions have reportedly signed free agent tight end Thomas Gordon to a futures deal, per Aaron Wilson. Last year, Gordon spent some of the 2025 season—his rookie year—with the Chicago Bears. He signed with the team in August, didn’t make their 53-man roster, signed to the practice squad in December, and was not […]
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In the middle of the season, when the Bears were on a roll, I had some fun and put out an AI-generated image of Ben Johnson on Mount Rushmore with George Halas, Mike Ditka, and Lovie Smith, and declared that he was already the Bears’ fourth-greatest coach in team history. Most fans rolled their eyes […]
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Chicago Bears All-Pro left guard Joe Thuney is in the running for a prestigious honor.
And if he brings home the hardware, he will make history by doing so.
Back in May 2025, the NFL introduced the Protector of the Year award with the idea of paying homage to offensive linemen whose efforts in the trenches make it so that quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, and tight ends can get their due. And when the Bears spent a chunk of their offseason rebuilding their offensive line, I was...
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Day 11 of the Chicago Bears offseason. Is there anything a large, tavern-style pizza covered with Italian sausage can’t fix?
Watching the Cleveland Browns coaching mess unfold makes me glad the Chicago Bears got their guy in Ben Johnson last offseason. ICYMI: The Browns hired a new head coach on Wednesday … and still found a way to make a mess out of it. Because shortly after news of Todd Monken’s hiring broke, so did this:
After the Browns informed DC Jim Schwartz this morning t...
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For the first time in a long time, it feels like the Bears have waves of young talent that they can build upon. This is mostly exciting news. Mostly. It also means that Ryan Poles has entered a new phase of his roster building process – evaluating several of his first draft picks for second […]
From Windy City Gridiron
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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Senior Bowl: Can the Bears find a Round 1 starter at tackle? Cornerback? Safety? Yes? No? Maybe? Good news for Bears: Edge rushers are ‘hands down’ the strength of the draft We could sure use a couple. Chicago Bears stadium bill passes Indiana Senate, but changes likely The Indiana Senate […]
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