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Week 17 NFL TV Schedule and Playoff Scenarios: Live game message board and fan discussion
Just two weeks to go in the 2025 NFL season, and here are the teams in the NFC that have clinched a playoff berth: Philadelphia Eagles (10-5, NFC East Champs), Seattle Seahawks (12-3), Chicago Bears (11-4), Los Angeles Rams (11-4), and the San Francisco 49ers (11-4). Here are the AFC teams that have locked up […]
Week 17 Game Preview: Chicago Bears vs San Francisco 49ers
Every NFL season is wild for so many reasons. There is always something surprising, teams or players that come out of nowhere to have a great season, no one saw coming. And teams many expect to be fantastic but end up disappointing. The other great thing about the NFL season is its condensed nature, which […]
‘85 at 40: Jay Hilgenberg on 80s Packers rivalry, Hall of Fame
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate and Happy Holidays to all! While you are sitting around this morning having some eggnog and opening presents, why have Christmas music on in the background when you can have a stellar interview with Chicago Bears legend Jay Hilgenberg! Jay Hilgenberg was featured on the latest edition of our […]
A Merry Christmas Bears Den, December 25, 2025
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears’ Wednesday injury report: Latest on Rome Odunze, Luther Burden – USA Today Bears Wire Wide receiver Rome Odunze, who’s missed the last two games, did not practice as he nurses his foot injury. The good news is rookie receiver Luther Burden III (ankle) returned to practice in limited fashion. […]
2026 Bears mock offseason: Free agency and draft predictions
Without checking, this might be the latest in the season I’ve done my first mock Bears offseason. It’s been for good reason, too: they’ve clinched a playoff spot with two games left to go in the 2025 regular season, and they’re 1.5 games ahead in first place in the NFC North. It’s been a fantastic […]
Cairo Santos is the NFC Special Teams Player of the Week
Chicago Bears’ kicker Cairo Santos was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 16. In the Chicago Bears’ win over the Green Bay Packers, Santos went 3-3 on field goals and made his lone extra point attempt in heavy wind gust conditions. Here’s a highlight of one of those field goals, from […]
NFL “STEP Differential” Week 16 2025
Welcome back to STEP Differential. STEP stands for Sack + Turnover(x2) + Explosive Play Differential. Make sure you’re flipping through pages 2-5 to see everything broken out by component and the overall performance of the STEP Differential in individual games. Infogram below: Maybe Ben Johnson was the difference for the Lions the last few years, […]
What a week: Packers, Playoffs, and a botched stadium message
The latest Bears Banter podcast is here! It’s a holiday week, so we wanted to make sure we got a podcast out quickly to talk about everything that happened. Amazingly, so much happened in the past week leading up to the holidays. The Chicago Bears epically beat the Green Bay Packers. The Bears clinched a […]
Benchmarking Da Bears: Week 16’s Statistical Juxtaposition
Week 16 brought Saturday night football too Chicago as the rematch that we’d all been waiting for took place at Soldier Field. Both the Bears and the Packers clearly made adjustments to their game plans entering this one, with the Bears defense notably playing a more “bend-don’t-break” style to limit Green Bay’s opportunities for explosive […]
The Bear’s Den, December 24, 2025
Ken’s Note: I’m traveling the country for the next week or so, but never fear, Denmaster Jack has you covered for all the latest. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everybody! THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIALS BEARSSSSSS First impression: Bears’ Caleb Williams, Ben Johnson mesh after rocky startWilliams said early in his time with Johnson he […]
Stock up, stock down: Biggest Bears win of the year
This Chicago Bears team meets the moment unlike any I can remember since the Super Bowl. Ben Johnson has the team playing confidently and with focus. Coming off another late, near-miraculous win, the team is in the playoffs and is in position to clinch their division. It’s going to be an interesting finish to the […]
Chicago Bears Week 17 Confidence Survey
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. Just two games left in the 2025 season, and your Chicago Bears are playoff-bound with a […]
Bears Over Beers: Playoffs Clinched! 49ers SNF Preview
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 17 of the 2025 Chicago Bears season! Grab some spiked egg nog (or some beer) and join the boys as they celebrate the Bears clinching their entry into the […]
Hot Take Tuesday: Bring. It. On.
The Chicago Bears are playoff-bound. Ben Johnson has taken this team, in year one, from worst to potentially first, if they can win just one more game (or if Green Bay can lose one more game). The Chicago Bears are a flawed football team. Their defense gives up too many explosive plays, their special teams […]
Week 17 Chicago Bears Power Rankings Round Up
The Chicago Bears are officially in the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. It truly is a remarkable turnaround in their first season under Ben Johnson. The job he’s done transforming a locker room and building that was stuck in a cycle of mediocrity and losing. We knew the last regime wasn’t getting […]
10 Thoughts on the NFL: Playoff Bears! Spoiler Lions! Pick up the ball, and more
2) Finally, everyone can shut up about Drake Maye not having a 300-yard passing game. Not that he NEEDED a 380-yard game to prove how well he was playing this year for the 12-3 Patriots. But the box score watchers weren’t going to be satisfied until he did. Well, there you go: 380 and a […]
Three Bears make 2025 Pro Bowl roster; Darnell and Nahshon Wright snubbed
The resurgent Chicago Bears have some new faces representing them on the NFC’s Pro Bowl roster this year. Center Drew Dalman, guard Joe Thuney, and safety Kevin Byard III will represent the Bears at the Pro Bowl Games this season, with the announcement coming just three days after the Bears clinched their first playoff berth […]
Bears Big Plays Tracker Week 16
Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential TrackerInfogram Remember that you can click into the tabs on the lower left to see the tally by player and you can hover […]
Week 17 WCG NFL Power Rankings and Each Team’s Biggest Offseason Need
The NFL regular season has just two games remaining, and in the process, the playoff race down the stretch has heated up. Coming into Week 16, two teams had clinched playoff spots, and before Sunday’s action, two more followed suit. During that chase, there were plenty of compelling games throughout the weekend. All in all, […]
Was this the greatest catch in Chicago Bears history?
It was just last week when we were comparing a Caleb Williams-to-DJ Moore touchdown pass and catch to one of the most iconic plays in NFL history. Caleb’s touchdown pass in the Browns game mirrored Joe Montana’s iconic roll right, then throw to the back of the end zone, as Dwight Clark jumped up to […]
The Bear’s Den, December 23, 2025
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS The Bear’s Den: December 22, 2025 Patrick Finley: Caleb Williams has officially arrived in the Bears-Packers rivalry The rookie quarterback shook off a slow start to deliver a signature performance, leading three consecutive scoring drives in the final minutes. Williams’ poise in the face of a double-digit deficit suggests the […]
NFL Playoff Picture: Chicago Bears 1 of 5 NFC teams to clinch a spot
Five NFC teams have clinched a playoff spot, but only one team has its division locked up: the Philadelphia Eagles. There are still four teams vying for the number one seed: the three NFC West teams (Seahawks, Rams, and 49ers) and the Chicago Bears. Chicago’s path to number one would be to win out while […]
Bears’ Williams, Byard Highlight Top 5 in Pro Bowl Fan Vote Results
It’s been quite the few days for the Chicago Bears. After an all-time thriller on Saturday night resulted in an improbable victory over the rival Packers, Ben Johnson’s team benefitted from another bizarre ending Sunday afternoon as the Pittsburgh Steelers managed to *narrowly* hold on for a victory over the Detroit Lions that clinched a […]
Caleb Williams Stat Tracker Week 16
Slow start to this one before the big finish helped Caleb to a nice stat line of 250 yards and two scores. The DJ Moore TD was his 6th of the season, tying him for the team lead with Rome Odunze. Jahdae Walker gets his first. Awesome stuff. Caleb sits at 3,400 yards and needs […]
10 Bears Takes: An Improbable Win, Coaching Matters, Navigating Injuries
Coming into Week 16, the Chicago Bears had an opportunity to clinch a playoff spot with a win on Saturday night and a Detroit Lions’ loss on Sunday afternoon. For the first time in five seasons, Bears fans finally got to entertain playoff-clinching scenarios. Of course, their playoff future, at least in the moment, relied […]
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