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Family business a natural for Bates, Bears
BOURBONNAIS — Jeremy Bates is new to the Bears, but he's totally at home in training camp. The team's new quarterbacks coach can measure his life in yard markers, tackling dummies and two-a-day practices. "When I was 5 years old at Texas Tech I was...
Tags: Football, Mike Mulligan, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Pittsburgh Panthers, Chicago Bears
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Turnovers setting table for Bears success
You could make the argument that every one of us is in a race against time, but it might be a little more difficult to sustain that view of the Bears defense these days. From aging and slowing to experienced and eminent, the revival of the franchise's...
Tags: Matt Forte, Washington Redskins, Lance Briggs, Henry Melton, Chicago Bears
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Time for Emery to shake things up at Halas Hall
DETROIT — Wearing a knotted tie and a focused gaze, Patrick Mannelly looked like a nervous stockbroker staring at the morning ticker as he sat on a folding chair Sunday inside the visiting Bears locker room. A few feet away, fellow Bears veteran...
Tags: Football, Matt Forte, Brandon Marshall, Henry Melton, Chicago Bears
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NFL needs real refs back now
Upon further review, the state of NFL officiating is a joke. Jerry Markbreit only wishes he could laugh about it. "I watched highlights on the NFL Network last night,'' the retired NFL official with 36 years' experience said Monday. "I saw referees with...
Tags: Robbie Gould, Charles Tillman, Football, Chris Kluwe, New York Giants
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Griffin's quick return muddles NFL's message on concussions
Only seven days before Robert Griffin III became the first rookie quarterback of the modern era to rush for 100 yards and two touchdowns, a blow to the head made him woozy enough to wonder whether he was RGIII, II or I. "I still refuse to say I had a...
Tags: Football, Denver Broncos, Concussion, Washington Redskins, Tiki Barber
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Tight end might be Bears' top target in free agency
As the Bears have combed through the free agent left tackles, they undoubtedly have noticed the group has thinned out like the hair on Brian Urlacher's head. The Broncos put the franchise tag on Ryan Clady. The Chiefs did the same to Brandon Albert. And...
Tags: Jake Long, Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins, Jared Cook, Ryan Clady
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If Bears want to keep Urlacher, they better win without him
Nothing signaled a Bears season suddenly gone askew Wednesday more than reporters surrounding backup linebackers Geno Hayes and Dom DeCicco, who both are closer to becoming potential answers to a trivia question than making a major impact. What two...
Tags: Football, Tim Jennings, Nick Roach, Brian Urlacher, Ray Lewis
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Bears can learn a lot from Ravens
On the last day of the NFL regular season, the eventual Super Bowl champion Ravens lost for the fourth time in five games, and nothing about finishing 10-6 fueled their playoff drive with momentum. On the same day, the Bears won their second straight...
Tags: Jacoby Jones, Ray Lewis, Devin Hester, National Football Conference, Chicago Bears
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Hanie has ability to make most of opportunity
A chance encounter in his hometown of Dallas before Super Bowl XLV put Caleb Hanie in front of Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway.
A bit awestruck, the suddenly relevant Bears quarterback listened as Elway offered words of encouragement for Hanie's play...Tags: Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow, Brett Favre, Mike Martz, Seattle Seahawks
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Cutler helps himself with fancy footwork
The player most responsible for keeping Jay Cutler clean Sunday was Jay Cutler. The quarterback did a number of things well. What he did best was avoid pressure. Cutler moved in the pocket before throwing six times. Cutler also rolled out four times....
Tags: Matt Forte, Nick Roach, Chad Greenway, Israel Idonije, Henry Melton
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Hoping Bears play 'What's My Line?' in free agency
Now comes NFL free agency, or as it’s known at Halas Hall, “Where my offensive tackle?’’ Even before Tuesday’s 3 p.m. kickoff to free agency, the Bears were one of several teams mentioned in the Jake Long sweepstakes....
Tags: Jake Long, Matt Forte, Cincinnati Bengals, Devin Hester, Percy Harvin
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Urlacher exits NFL stage quietly
Twitterwas launched in 2006, six years after the Bears selected Brian Urlacher with the ninth overall pick in the 2000 draft. Jack Dorsey, the Twitter creator has said the name was chosen because he ran across a definition of the word that was a perfect...
Tags: Football, Mike Mulligan, Denver Broncos, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs
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