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It feels so foreign to have the Chicago Bears be good. Or at least winning. They were losing so often, for so long, I forgot what this is like. Each week, it feels like another poor record from recent years is getting broken. For example, Ben Johnson has more road wins as the Bears’ head […]
1. That’s five times, now. Five times, the Chicago Bears have come back to steal a win from an opponent in the final minute this year. Is it Ben Johnson’s manic energy? Is it Caleb Williams becoming The Guy? Is it pure luck? All of the above? I don’t care. Because right now, the Bears […]
Week 11 was home to multiple great matchups, and as the season starts to wind down, we might have received a few early playoff previews. With crazy games all over the place, there was no shortage of exciting games to watch on Sunday. While some teams are separating themselves, others continue to struggle to find […]
Picture this: it’s September 15th, the Bears have just been rocked by the Detroit Lions by 31 points, fall to 0-2, and are 1-12 in their last 13 regular season games. Bleak. Things are looking very bleak. Fast forward, and it is November 18th, and things could not feel more different. Winners of 7 of […]
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Five weeks after Jake Moody’s 38-yard field goal gave the Chicago Bears a 25 to 24 win over the Washington Commanders, the Commanders have signed Moody off the Bears’ practice squad. The NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero first reported the move. The Bears initially signed Moody to their practice squad on September 12, just three days […]
Last week, I kindly asked the Chicago Bears to win a game in blowout fashion so that my blood pressure could have an easy-going Sunday. Unfortunately, the team didn’t listen. Another rollercoaster of a game on Sunday resulted in a Chicago Bears last minute victory yet again, this time at U.S. Bank Stadium against the […]
Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson says you never apologize for wins in the National Football League. The Bears are (7-3), and considering how bad this franchise has been, that’s an awesome place to be. “Proud of the guys, seven and three, that’s nothing to scoff at,” Johnson said in his postgame press conference. “As […]
The crow has been served, and I am about to eat it dutifully. Every time someone asked before the season how I felt about the Chicago Bears’ prospects for 2025, I’ll charitably say I went with the “reverse psychology” approach: “Wake me up once they get to seven wins.” In my mind, seven wins felt […]
It might be hard to believe, but the 2025 NFL regular season is starting to wind down. Following Monday night’s results, there will be just seven games remaining before the start of the playoffs. With so many bad teams in the league this year, the playoff picture is more condensed than it has been in […]
The 2025 Chicago Bears have five fourth-quarter comeback wins among their seven wins thus far, and that’s tied with the Denver Broncos for the most comebacks this season. Yesterday’s 19 to 17 come-from-behind win over the Minnesota Vikings was fueled by the special teams, but all three phases have had their big moments in the […]
The Chicago Bears did it again! Another win, this week against the Minnesota Vikings, that took all 60 minutes, but in the end, they came out on top. The Bears are 7-3 on the season, which is the first time they’ve been 7-3 since 2018. This was an important game to win in order to […]
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Why was Bears’ Nahshon Wright so emotional after interception, win? ‘I gained an angel’ – The Athletic With a heavy heart, Wright delivered a highlight-reel takeaway in tribute to his former coach, the late John Beam. Bears’ latest comeback comes courtesy of returner Devin Duvernay, kicker Cairo Santos – Chicago […]
There’s still one more game to play in Week 11, but the Monday Night Football game between the Dallas Cowboys* and the Las Vegas Raiders won’t impact the current playoff seedings in the NFC. The Chicago Bears are in first place in the NFC North, and this is the latest the Bears have had the […]
Here we are. Yet another win despite not playing a clean, complimentary football game. But a huge divisional win, no less. Arguably, the most important win of the season for the Chicago Bears on the road against the rival Minnesota Vikings. Let’s get to my notes in this one. Offense: Defense: Special Teams: Check out […]
When Aaron Rodgers officially signed his contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers this summer, there were a lot of Chicago Bears fans who circled the November 23 game. Rodgers, who terrorized the Bears for years while wearing the green and gold, would be back in Soldier Field for likely the final time. But earlier today, in […]
With a 54-yard field goal at 10:31 of he third quarter, Cairo Santos set the Chicago Bears record with his 24th field goal from at least 50 yards, breaking Robbie Gould’s record, which has stood since 2015. Santos is now 24 of 33 (72.7%) from 50+ in his Chicago career. But that 54-yarder wasn’t his […]
When the Chicago Bears opened their season against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1, they got out to a strong lead highlighted by a strong defensive performance, only for Minnesota to inch their way back into the game and win. The Week 11 game was eerily similar, even down to the last-minute lead that the […]
The Chicago Bears lost the season opener to the Minnesota Vikings, 27 to 24, after being up 17 to 6 after three quarters. But two Minnesota touchdown passes by J.J. McCarthy, followed by a touchdown run by him, and the Vikings were up 27 to 17. Chicago quickly answered with a Caleb Williams touchdown run, […]
The Chicago Bears (6-3) are on the road to take on their NFC North rival, the Minnesota Vikings (4-5), and both teams have just announced their inactive players for the game. And we have them right here. CHICAGO BEARS INACTIVES QB – Case Keenum (3rd QB) LB – T.J. Edwards WR – Jahdae Walker CB […]
Good morning. The Chicago Bears are officially in the playoff picture, for now. Granted, they’ll have to start winning some of the tougher and/or divisional matchups down the stretch to ensure they stay there, but today’s game against the Minnesota Vikings would be a great start to that. The Bears have not made winning easy […]
The Chicago Bears get a chance to wash away the stink left over from their Monday Night Football 4th quarter collapse as they take on the Minnesota Vikings in a key NFC North matchup at Minnesota on Sunday at 12:00 pm CST. This game will have a massive effect on the Bears’ probability of making […]
In February, I wrote an article titled — Expect more play-action for Caleb Williams in 2025 from Ben Johnson — to explain how much play-action passing was a cheat code for teams and how excited I was that Ben Johnson would be coaching my favorite team. Johnson’s offense is his own creation. He’s not a […]
The Chicago Bears being (6-3) certainly helps these Reacts confidence surveys skew positively, but I hope the culture shift we’ve been witnessing this season is a big part of it as well. The energy, excitement, and accountability that Ben Johnson and his coaching staff have brought to the franchise have been long overdue. There have […]
The Chicago Bears will have to wait just a little longer for their best defensive player to return to action. The team announced that Johnson, who was limited in practice on Friday to officially open his 21-day window to return from injured reserve, will not play against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday after originally being […]