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The Chicago Bears are back on the road this Sunday for another AFC North matchup, and hopefully, this one is better than the last one. Much like the Ravens were a week ago, the Cincinnati Bengals are also missing their Pro Bowl quarterback. But as we just saw in Baltimore — on any given Sunday […]
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We’re up to Week 9 of the 2025 NFL season, and this will be your open thread to talk about all the games. For the TV broadcast maps to determine if these games are on in your local market, check out 506sports.com. Here’s the full slate of games this week (all times Central). Thursday Night […]
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We have a brand new Bear Bones podcast with host Dr. Mason West previewing all the latest about the upcoming Chicago Bears vs the Cincinnati Bengals game. For a third week in a row, the Bears have a lengthy injury list, so Mason will give his best guess on whether the players will play and […]
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An article from ESPN yesterday suggests the Chicago Bears should be buyers before next Tuesday’s 4 pm (ET) trade deadline, and one voice is suggesting an unconventional addition to the squad. Though Chicago has few truly glaring positions of need offensively, the defense could use some help, especially up front. But Benjamin Solak floated a […]
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The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped! The Chicago Bears sit at 4-3 after dropping a rough one to the Tyler Huntley-led Baltimore Ravens. To talk about where the Bears are at seven games into Ben Johnson’s tenure, we sat down with Marc Silverman! Yes, Silvy of ESPN 1000’s Waddle and Silvy stopped by the […]
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The calendar is turning to November and it’s time for teams to really separate themselves. Teams that are going to make a run at the playoffs have to start playing well. The teams that aren’t, are going to shift into “who do we fire?” and “how high will the draft pick be?” mode. Thankfully, the […]
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Edit [10/30/2025 8:45AM]: Total scoring has been updated, due to a miscalculation in my spreadsheet not counting the turnover as -1.00 and updating the second intentional grounding. Overall grade has dropped to 1.65, which is still firmly an Average grade. As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. And end it […]
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WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be […]
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Hello, Chicago Bears fans! Well, we all knew this day would come. It can’t be all rainbows, sunshine, and good, better, best in the modern NFL. Sometimes you win ugly, and sometimes you lose ugly. And this was an ugly loss for the Chicago Bears against a Baltimore Ravens team featuring a backup quarterback that […]
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The Bears’ four-game winning streak came to an end on Sunday, as they fell 30-16 to a Ravens team without Lamar Jackson to drop their record to 4-3. The flashbacks to last year are natural, seeing as though last year’s Bears started at 4-2 and proceeded to lose each of their next ten games. As […]
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Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they as they get you ready for week nine of the 2025 Chicago Bears season! Grab a cold beverage and join Ryan and Bryan as the guys wrap up discussion on the Bears/Ravens game before looking ahead […]
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We are fast approaching the midpoint of the NFL season. I don’t know about you, but the season is moving by a lot faster than the weeks that led up to it. Many people leading up to the season viewed this as about the point where we can fairly evaluate where a Ben Johnson and […]
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Bears running back Travis Homer was announced as the team’s nominee for the 2025 “Salute to Service Award presented by USAA” on Wednesday. The award is presented annually by USAA and the NFL, honoring a league member who demonstrates a firm commitment to honoring and supporting the military. In years past, active players, NFL alumni, coaches, […]
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As the Chicago Bears prepare for the eighth game of the season against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday, we are starting to get the first official team injury reports for week nine. The biggest news is all of the WRs that were listed as DNP (did not practice) on Wednesday for the Bears. This includes […]
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Last year, I started tracking a stat every week that was inspired by Brian Billick’s “Toxic Differential” statistic that combined explosive play and turnover differential into a single number. My version added sacks to the mix and doubled the value of turnovers. I called the statistic “Toxic Differential Plus” as an homage to Billick’s original […]
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With several injuries to the secondary this season, the Chicago Bears are signing veteran Chauncey “C.J.” Gardner-Johnson, as first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, and now made official by the team. The 27-year-old defensive back has a history with Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen, who had him in New Orleans from 2019 to 2021, and […]
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Last week, there was a comment on my Sackwatch article asking why I only break down the sacks the Chicago Bears allow, and not the sacks Chicago’s defense gets. I didn’t see the question until this week, so while I did answer it there, I also wanted to address it here in case anyone else […]
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WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be […]
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The Chicago Bears’ winning streak is over. It was fun while it lasted, but now that the team is (4-3) — the same record as a season ago — following the loss to the Baltimore Ravens, are you ready to fall back into ‘oh no, here we go again’ mode? Or are you confident Ben […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year, we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bears fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. That was a tough loss on Sunday. Before the Baltimore Ravens beat them up 30-16, the […]
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No, it’s not time to panic, but it is time to have a conversation. What is going on in that locker room? I don’t know how we haven’t seen Ben Johnson’s head literally explode on the sidelines. From day one, Ben Johnson’s messaging has been consistent. “Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” “No block, no rock.” He […]
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The NFL season is reaching the halfway point, the point in which we generally know where teams are going. For the first time in a while, the Chicago Bears aren’t completely irrelevant by Halloween. But, they have a long way to go before they can really get into the playoff conversation in the second half […]
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The most anticipated player activation in the history of the Chicago Bears has finally happened. Earlier today, the home office of Windy City Gridiron received a fax from second-year defensive end Austin Booker that made his intentions crystal clear. Chills. Okay, it may not have happened like that, but the ongoing discourse in our comment […]
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“We going up, up, up, it’s our moment…” Any father of a kindergarten-aged-or-older kid, especially a girl, knows what that means. (Then again, so do most people who don’t live under a rock.) But as the KPop Demon Hunters find out (spoilers if you haven’t seen it!), the path to that final triumphant moment is […]
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