Dan Bazuin

As Phil Emery prepares for his second Bears draft, he would be wise to study his predecessor Jerry Angelo. The Bears will pick in the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth rounds of the 2013 draft. RedEye takes a look at Angelo's best and worst from...

PHOENIX — Perhaps they should rename them the Chicago Vultures. Somewhere along the way, the Bears have become scavengers, sustaining themselves on what other teams have left behind. If you had to project the Bears' 2013 starting lineup in...

On a 20-acre farm off Chicken Dinner Road in Marsing, Idaho, Shea McClellin developed the work ethic that made him into a first-round NFL draft pick. McClellin helped the grandparents who raised him care for animals that roamed their land: goats,...

One thing we learned from this weekend’s NFL playoff games: Lovie Smith was lucky he didn’t get the Jerry Angelo treatment. Angelo was fired after somebody finally looked at his lousy draft history and failure to insure the most important...

Jerry Angelo famously said he wanted a few solutions, and Tuesday, the Bears finally opted for one of the smartest: firing Angelo. Yes, the man who spent a second-round pick on legendary Dan Bazuin is out. Maybe Angelo ultimately gets to color it as a...

Two days before the start of the NFL draft, there's no telling what way the Chicago Bears will go Thursday night. Popular thinking is the team will look to trade down from No. 29 and into the second round, but wanting to move down and finding an...

As he leaned in a chair next to his locker, Bears third-string quarterback Caleb Hanie paused when asked to contemplate his future. "I think anybody wants a chance somewhere," the undrafted rookie free agent said. "But obviously you want to be on the...

Inside the locker room Thursday at Halas Hall, defensive tackle Matt Toeaina took a few minutes during his first full day as a Bear to introduce himself to new teammates. Fellow defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy, practically a veteran in comparison having...