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Bears CB Jennings will get 2013 pay raise
A trip to the Pro Bowl was not the only reward Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings received at the end of the 2012 season. He is also in line for a bump in pay. Jennings, who signed a two-year contract to return to the club last March, triggered a...
Tags: Roberto Garza, NFL Pro Bowl, Robbie Gould, Chicago Bears, National Football League Players Association
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First play worst play for Bears
It's rare that a game's first play from scrimmage is the most critical, but it sure seemed that way in Minneapolis on Sunday. Many Bears had a chance to stop or at least slow Adrian Peterson on his 51-yard run. Defensive end Corey Wootton had...
Tags: Josh Robinson, Everson Griffen, Israel Idonije, John Sullivan, Jay Cutler
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Bears position analysis: Defensive line
For the first time since the 1985 season, the Bears landed two defensive linemen in the Pro Bowl as Julius Peppers and Henry Melton were selected as all-stars. Peppers led the defense with 111/2 sacks, his most since joining the club in 2010, and...
Tags: Marc Trestman, Nate Collins, Cheta Ozougwu, Doug Baldwin, Stephen Paea
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Bears' O-line holds up against blitz
On Monday, what stood out about the Bears' performance on Sunday is the pass protection held up both in terms of recognition and execution against an aggressive, accomplished blitzing team. Arizona defensive coordinator Ray Horton sent more than four...
Tags: Justin Bethel, Adrian Wilson, Larry Fitzgerald, Armando Allen, Sam Acho
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Rodgers torches Bears' secondary
It didn't take Aaron Rodgers long to notice Tim Jennings wasn't playing. The Packers quarterback went at Jennings' replacement at left cornerback, Kelvin Hayden, and Hayden's replacement at nickel back, D.J. Moore, repeatedly. Neither made a play in...
Tags: Edwin Williams, Roberto Garza, Chris Spencer, Randall Cobb, James Jones (football)
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Bears soap opera: All My Hesters
Jay Cutler and Devin Hester: Can this marriage be saved? That’s pretty much the soap opera we’ve been reading about the last week while that Super Bowl thing was taking place. Some terrific reporting and interviewing by Trib colleague...
Tags: Matt Forte, Marc Trestman, Lovie Smith, Sports, Football
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Jennings key to Bears containing Peterson
After the way the 49ers manhandled the Bears on Monday night in San Francisco, Lovie Smith's defense should prep for the Vikings to feature Adrian Peterson in the running game Sunday at Soldier Field. It will face downhill schemes that test the gap...
Tags: Nick Roach, Layoffs and Downsizing, Sports, San Francisco 49ers, National Football League
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Rudolph danger to Bears in red zone
The Vikings and quarterback Christian Ponder can use play action Sunday to target the middle of the Bears defense without Brian Urlacher on the field. Think of vertical concepts in the red zone that put stress on Nick Roach as he moves inside to middle...
Tags: Nick Roach, Percy Harvin, Kyle Rudolph, Jerome Simpson, Sports
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Too bad Bears-Cardinals local rivalry thing of past
For those who remember the bitter local rivalry that once existed between the Bears and Cardinals when both played in Chicago, Sunday's game in Glendale, Ariz., conjures up thoughts of what could have been a monumental civic clash. With the Bears in...
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Brian Urlacher, Washington Redskins, Football, Sports
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Bears face big decisions on several key players
Most of the players on the Bears roster were acquired by Jerry Angelo to be coached by Lovie Smith. Now that neither is part of the organization anymore, many of those players might not be feeling quite as secure. The fates of many familiar faces in the...
Tags: Jerry Angelo, Brandon Marshall, Free Agency, Sports, National Football League
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That stench? Oh, that's the Bears' best players
If the Bears are going to make the playoffs, or even win another game, it’s pretty basic: Their stars have to play like stars. I heard that idea from a hockey coach decades ago during the playoffs, except he phrased it, “Our best players...
Tags: Ice Hockey, Brandon Marshall, Sports, Jay Cutler, Garmin Ltd.
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Bears will try to confuse Cardinals rookie QB
The Bears defense has game-planning options Sunday at Arizona versus rookie quarterback Ryan Lindley. By showing different looks at the line of scrimmage, the Bears can roll the secondary, bring zone pressure and try to steal one in third-down passing...
Tags: Nick Roach, Michael Floyd, Lance Briggs, Larry Fitzgerald, Sports
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