John Fox’s future with Bears more complicated than it looks on surface
Two victories into the Bears season, a surprising question keeps popping up. How many games do the Bears have to win for John Fox to keep his job? The surprise...
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Mitch Trubisky intrigue a welcome distraction from Bears’ many problems
If we didn't already know it, Mitch Trubisky's performance Monday night was a powerful reminder that the progression of a young quarterback can offer a needed distraction from the actual...
Can Mitch Trubisky begin restoring credibility to Bears franchise?
The inevitable quarterback switch of 2017 is coming a lot sooner than Bears management planned, but it's an essential move for the waning credibility of the franchise. Nobody really believed...
Good, old-fashioned rivalry? Well, Bears’ approach is old-fashioned
It would be fun to think of Thursday night's Bears-Packers divisional meeting as a legitimate rivalry game. We could dredge up years of parochial resentment, measure entrenched positions and volley...
Bears’ only hope vs. Steelers? Slow down the game and bore everyone to death
It was a French existentialist who is credited with the line: Hell is other people. Good old Jean-Paul Sartre was, apparently, not a people person. Nor a football guy. Football...
Bears-Bucs game-planning figures to be interesting intellectual exercise
If you like your poetry with a lot of X's and O's, then Sunday is the day for you. Game-planning is the NFL's art form, one that requires wit and...
Are Bears ‘closer’? Maybe, but many core positions need upgrade
When John Fox walked to the lectern after a 20-point home loss to a Redskins team unlikely to make the playoffs and said the Bears "are closer than people think,"...
Here’s a radical idea: Maybe Bears should stay the course
If there was such thing as football feng shui, the Bears' rebuild could be righted in a hurry. The team could easily move the furniture around and change the flow...
One new coach or player won’t magically save Bears
When a team is in the throes of toxic disappointment — as the Bears are this season — remember one important thing: When many things must be fixed, one solution...
Vic Fangio rumored to be leaving Bears after season
There is nothing like losing to stir gossip in NFL circles. It's not unusual to hear one whopper after another. And when dubious stories are repeated often enough, they can...