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In Part 1 of our two-piece installment, we covered the back-half of the league (Nos. 17-32), which included a few surprising names for some. While it’s impossible to project rookie seasons and Year 2 leaps from some of the younger players on this list, the top half of the league is a little easier to […]
On Friday morning, Brad Biggs was the first to report that Kyler Gordon has not participated in the Chicago Bears’ offseason program due to a soft-tissue injury. This may seem like deja vu for Chicago, who have seen Gordon’s health be a consistent issue throughout his career. Gordon, a 2nd-round pick in 2022 and the […]
On her latest Making Monsters, Taylor Doll is joined by former linebackers coach of New Mexico State, Coach Bobby McMillen, who now coaches linebackers at Southeast Missouri State, about his former player, Chicago Bears rookie Keyshaun Elliott. McMillen and Elliot spent two years together with the Aggies before Elliot transferred to Arizona State. Coach McMillen, […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears say they have “exhausted every opportunity to stay in city of Chicago Well, their stadium saga certainly is exhausting. Jaylon Johnson not participating in voluntary OTA’s. Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson is not participating in the team’s voluntary offseason program. Bears bill to keep team in Illinois faces major obstacles, […]
On Thursday, the Chicago Bears issued a statement about their stadium plans. “The Chicago Bears have exhausted every opportunity to stay in Chicago, which was our initial goal. There is not a viable site in the city. As a result, the only sites under consideration are in Arlington Heights and Hammond.” Anyone else having déjà […]
In perhaps the juiciest news that NFL insider has ever dropped, the NFLPA has reached an agreement making JAMs the exclusive PB&J snack of the Players Association. What is JAMs? I had to look it up myself, but as a parent who daily faces a snack battle in my home with children of all ages, […]
On Thursday, the Chicago Bears made a handful of moves to their 90-man offseason roster. First, they officially confirmed the two veteran signings reported yesterday: running back Salvon Ahmed and safety Anthony Johnson Jr. For more on these two pickups, check out our articles from yesterday, here and here. In a corresponding roster move, the […]
Now that we’ve officially reached the dead part of the NFL offseason, it allows us to reflect on last season one final time, while also projecting ahead for what’s to come. While 2025 brought plenty of surprises, the quarterback carousel (even in a down year) is never-ending. Although it’s rare for the league’s elites to […]
Our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable all led up to this final topic as the WCG crew answered this question. What will be the Bears’ 2026 regular season record? Here’s the Bears’ full 2026 schedule. Week 1 – Sept. 13 at Carolina Panthers, noon on FOXWeek 2 – Sept. 20 vs. Minnesota Vikings, noon on FOXWeek […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Gov. JB Pritzker says he updated NFL commissioner as Arlington Heights, Indiana sites remain at forefront Oh. Joy. Chicago Bears Looking to Add Cornerback Depth with Series of Recent Workouts With past injuries and roster shifts impacting the secondary, the Chicago Bears are doing their homework on some veteran cornerbacks […]
The Bears have signed veteran safety Anthony Johnson Jr., Jordan Schultz reported on Wednesday night. Johnson, 26, was a seventh-round pick by the Packers out of Iowa State in the 2023 NFL Draft. He made the 53-man roster and started in four games as a rookie, tallying an interception, three pass deflections, and 24 tackles […]
The Bears have signed veteran running back Salvon Ahmed, Jordan Schultz reported on Wednesday. Ahmed, 27, entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent signing by the 49ers in 2020. He was waived in August of that year and got claimed by the Dolphins, starting the year off on the practice squad and eventually earning […]
Part four of our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable is the appetizer to the full schedule prediction, which we’ll drop tomorrow. What will the Bears’ record be at the bye week? Here’s the Bears’ schedule before their week 10 bye. Week 1 – Sept. 13 at Carolina Panthers, noon on FOXWeek 2 – Sept. 20 vs. […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Story on the proposed Hammond location for a Bears stadium presented without inflammatory headline The Trib (paywalled article) brought forth this hit-piece about the proposed Hammond site for the Bears new stadium. Nowhere is mentioned the person/people who basically prompted it to be written. Ken’s Note: Two things to keep […]
On Tuesday at the NFL Owners’ Meetings in Orlando, the owners approved a larger slate of International games moving forward. This year, a record nine games were scheduled outside the United States, but that has now been increased to 10, starting with the 2027 season. And that ten doesn’t include the Jacksonville Jaguars’ annual game […]
Here’s part three of our five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable. If you could go to one Chicago Bears road game in the 2026 season, which would it be? Sam Householder: At Miami in December is an easy answer and will likely be a popular road destination for Chicago fans this year. But I would […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears to update NFL on stadium sites — and Chicago isn’t one of them To the surprise of absolutely nobody outside of City Hall. Gov. Pritzker says Mayor Johnson has ‘no plan’ to keep the Bears in Chicago To the surprise of absolutely nobody outside of City Hall. Chicago Bears […]
The Chicago Bears’ 2026 schedule is a good mix of exciting matchups, tough opponents, and several primetime games. While the Bears showed last season that they can make any matchup exciting, these are three can’t-miss games of the 2026 season: Week 15 — Bears at Buffalo Bills Some of the Bears’ bigger games come later […]
Hello, Chicago Bears fans! Today, I’m going to do the first installment of articles during the offseason, where I look at benchmarks/milestones for individual Chicago Bears players for the coming 2026 season and give my prediction on whether they will overachieve or underachieve those benchmarks. Today, we will look at five over/under scenarios for the […]
The WCG crew kicked off a five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable yesterday, so here’s topic number two. What is the hardest stretch of games on the Bears’ 2026 schedule? Sam Householder: The division games to finish the season is an easy answer, but it’s still so far down the road we don’t know where […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS With a massive contract extension on the line, what are Bears QB Caleb Williams’ 5 biggest games this season? Question to headline writer. Let’s assume that Caleb didn’t have a contract extension ‘on the line’, does that mean he doesn’t have 5 biggest games this season? Of course not. Dumb […]
The NFL schedule has been examined in every way imaginable, from the traditional winning percentage strength of schedule, to betting lines strength of schedule, to travel miles, to standalone games, so let’s look at another: rest differential. What is rest differential? It’s the difference in days each franchise has between games, with the higher the […]
The WCG crew is kicking off a five-part Chicago Bears 2026 schedule roundtable today, and after checking out our answers, give us yours in the comment section. What is the best game on the Bears’ schedule? Sam Householder: All the late December games are hopefully going to matter a lot…or a little if the Bears […]
There had been speculation for weeks that the NFL was going to select the Chicago Bears as the Seattle Seahawks’ opponent for the NFL Kickoff game to open the 2026 season. Heck, even Michael Wilbon was talking about it on the radio like it was a done deal. When the NFL announced that it would, […]
All offseason, the focus has been on what is missing on the Chicago Bears’ defensive line. How we lack impact. How we lack depth. How championship teams are built with elite DLs. So on and so on. I get it — I also have thought for the last several months that the Bears should and […]