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NFL Draft College Prospects to Watch: Friday Night Defenders
If you don’t want to read about the 2027 Draft, just skip this one. Enjoy any of the other content on WCG, and check out the app! However, a number of talented college prospects are going to be on display over Labor Day weekend, and a few who seem especially well-suited to Chicago’s lingering needs […]
Chicago Bears Restructure Multiple Contracts, Gain $17M in Cap Space
With less than two weeks left before the start of the regular season, the Chicago Bears have gained some much-needed breathing room salary cap-wise. In this particular instance, three different players volunteered to make this happen for a team that’s snug against said salary cap. A sum of money that should allow for basic business […]
2026 NFL Season Award Predictions: MVP
Some of the Windy City Gridiron staff made their picks for several 2026 individual season awards, and we capped the predictions off by picking Super Bowl LXI. We’ll run through all our picks in the coming days, and first up is Most Valuable Player. Bryan Orenchuk: For MVP this season, I’m going with Caleb Williams. […]
The NFL is Ruining Football with Streaming and International Games
Hello, Chicago Bears fans! I knew I had officially become an old man when the AARP started sending me letters. As such, it is now my right, duty, and privilege to yell at clouds. The cloud today is the NFL’s headlong bent to move the game to the international stage and engage with as many […]
Chicago Bears Question of the Day: What defines a successful 2026?
Ask this question in any of the last 6+ years, and you would get something to the tune of: “A successful Bears season looks like QB development, improvement by (rattles off a handful of key players) and threaten for a playoff spot” But 2025 changed that. The Bears won their division, won a playoff game, […]
Chicago Bears News: D’Andre Swift & Rome Odunze injuries?
The Chicago Bears absolutely do not need two of their offensive stars picking up injuries at practice, as both D’Andre Swift and Rome Odunze ended practice early, Odunze with a leg and Swift reportedly with cramps. Early speculation is that neither injury was serious, but speculation is not confirmation so we will have to wait […]
NFL Week 1 Power Rankings and the Biggest Question for Each Team
The 2026 NFL regular season is upon us, and it’s felt like forever since a meaningful football game was played. With training camp and the preseason in the rearview mirror, the time for football to take over our lives is here. Before another exciting season kicks off, we decided to take a deeper dive into […]
Is Kentavius Street really the best Chicago Bears defensive tackle?
After the trade of Gervon Dexter, most of us Chicago Bears fans just assumed that Neville Gallimore and Grady Jarrett would be the starting defensive tackles on the team. Jarrett got a decent chunk of change from the Bears last year, and Gallimore was given a healthy raise when they brought him in as a […]
Which NFL GMs have had the most to work with in the Draft?
From my own Bears-centric view of things, the Chicago Bears under Ryan Poles seem to have had a pretty rare set of conditions to help usher along a rebuild. In his first five years on the job, Poles had four selections in the top third of the first round (i.e. Top 11 picks) including the […]
Which Chicago Bears Practice Squad Player Will Make the Biggest Impact?
With roster cuts in the rearview and practice squads across the league all but finalized for opening day, we ask the following question: Which current practice squad player will make the biggest impact? You can take a look at Chicago’s practice squad in depth here, but for me, this answer boils down to three players. […]
Chicago Bears News: Chicago is hot, and so are the Bears
It reached the mid-90’s at Halas Hall on Wednesday as both the weather and the Chicago Bears are hot topics this week. A video of Kyler Gordon training appeared on the interwebs today, but it was a private session and completely separate from the Bears team and facilities. For what that’s worth. Share your thoughts […]
Bears Over Beers Happy Hour and Open Thread: Bears Trade Incoming?
Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they catch up once again and look at some of the hot topics right now in Chicago Bears news. Ryan and Bryan discuss their thoughts on the final 53-man roster, the possibility of Ryan Poles […]
Chicago Bears have the worst net penalty yards over the last 4 years
Fans, rejoice. Real data backs up the shouting at televisions, cussing in cars, booing at Soldier Field and angry posts on social media for years. The refs really do have it out for the Chicago Bears. Football savant and data analytics master Warren Sharp of Sharp Football Analysis dove deep into the penalty yards against […]
Chicago Bears Mega Season Preview with Aaron Leming
The latest Bears Banter has dropped! It’s a traditional unlike any other! Every year right around September 1st, Bill Zimmerman sits down with the great Aaron Leming and takes an in-depth look at the Chicago Bears for what many are saying is the best season preview you can get anywhere. The conversation discusses the initial […]
Report: Chicago Bears Exploring Trade Market for Defensive Ends
A discussion pertaining to the Chicago Bears’ defensive line and their need for improvement is about as predictable and common as seeing a proper Chicago-style dog featuring an all-beef frank on a poppy-seed bun. For the most part, defensive end has been largely untouched, aside from their recent signing of Marcus Davenport. That might very […]
One Chicago Bears Fan’s Open Letter to Kyler Gordon
Kyler, You are a Chicago Bear. As a 51-year-old former high-school football player who dreamed of one day following in the footsteps of Butkus and Singletary, let me tell you, you have been given one of the rarest opportunities in the world: stepping onto the NFL gridiron as a Chicago Bear. Bears greats are revered for […]
Question of the Day: After Jaylon Johnson, who do you trust in the secondary?
After the draft in April, Bears fans were pretty excited, and for good reason, about the new-look secondary. After signing Coby Bryant and drafting Dillon Thieneman, Bears fans were excited about the new safety tandem with a healthy Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon, and to be fair, a question mark with Tyrique Stevenson. But two […]
Chicago Bears Mascot History: From Mr. Bear to Staley Da Bear
The 2026 NFL season marks the 24th year Staley Da Bear will patrol the sidelines. The name Staley drew inspiration from the original moniker of the Chicago Bears. The first iteration of George Halas’s football club started in 1920 as the Decatur Staleys, followed by a single season in 1921 as the Chicago Staleys, before […]
Chicago Bears News: James Lynch & Jack Sanborn added to 53-man roster
Two Chicago Bears fan favorites, an old one in Jack Sanborn and a new one in James Lynch, have returned to the roster after the team cleared room by placing Coby Bryant and Hayden Large were moved to in-season injured reserve. The Chicago Bears practiced on Tuesday, a light affair which saw the return of […]
What is your Chicago Bears 2026 record prediction?
The Chicago Bears announced their initial 53-man roster for the 2026 season, and they’ve already tweaked it. But top to bottom, this is an interesting group of players. Ben Johnson’s offense looks to be one of the league’s best again, but the defense is still full of question marks. A whole lot of things need […]
Thank you, Caleb Williams: Chicago Bears have a real, actual, NFL QB
When you look around the NFL landscape on September 1st, it’s easy to get tunnel vision and focus only on the Chicago Bears. You might be worried about the health of the Bears’ secondary, you might be worried about the left tackle position, but you aren’t worried about the quarterback. So when we look around […]
What is your grade and assessment of the Chicago Bears Offseason?
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. The offseason is over as the NFL’s regular season gets underway in just eight days. There will still be some roster shuffling around the league, but […]
A Subjective, Objective Look at Chicago Bears Ryan Poles
Chicago Bears fans have been riding high for the last 20 months. Since Ben Johnson was hired, things have been looking and pointing up, and the results on the football field certainly show that. But on Sunday, the Bears decided to send Gervon Dexter to the Atlanta Falcons. Many Bears fans were really upset with […]
10 Bears Takes: Breakout Candidates, Patience for the Rookies, Kyler Gordon, and more
Somehow, the 2026 version of training camp and the preseason are officially in the rearview mirror for all 32 teams in the NFL. With a longer-than-normal gap between the final preseason game and the start of the regular season, teams like the Chicago Bears will have more time to tweak their roster as they prepare […]
Chicago Bears Roster Moves: Coby Bryant to IR, Jack Sanborn signed
A couple of days after setting their initial 53-man roster, the Chicago Bears have officially shuffled a few things around. Earlier today, they placed safety Coby Bryant and tight end Hayden Large on injured reserve, while signing defensive lineman James Lynch and linebacker Jack Sanborn to the active 53-man roster. Bryant, who was their big-ticket […]
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