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What do NFL combine drills have to do with actual NFL?
I still don’t get the NFL scouting combine. Last weekend in Indianapolis and through Tuesday, football players will wear almost no football equipment while running some drills they practice specifically for this showcase but rarely execute in...
Tags: Chicago Bears, Football, NFL Scouting Combine, Kellen Davis, Devin Hester
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Bears embrace change at the top
PHOENIX — At the 2010 NFL meetings at the Ritz Carlton in Orlando, the Bears front office was represented in part by Chairman Michael McCaskey, President Ted Phillips, general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith. At the 2013 NFL annual...
Tags: George McCaskey, Ted Phillips, Chicago Bears, Michael McCaskey, George Halas
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Bears and Urlacher need each other
Speaking to a small circle of reporters last week inside the Walter Payton Center at Halas Hall, Bears coach Marc Trestman struggled to be heard by anybody not close enough to read the label on his glasses. Trestman's voice didn't carry strongly...
Tags: Charles Tillman, Julius Peppers, Manti Te'o, Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens
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Emery puts Bears in a risky spot
Phil Emery had been moving along pretty well in changing a Chicago Bears teams that missed the playoffs five of the last six years. Then came last week. Emery went from the mousy handling of Brian Urlacher to replacing him with a problem that might...Tags: Super Bowl, Marc Trestman, D.J. Williams (football, linebacker), Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher
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Free agent left tackles could entice Bears
INDIANAPOLIS — The left tackles will be on parade here at the NFL scouting combine like beauty pageant contestants on a runway through Tuesday. Lumpy, hairy, 4-XL contestants, that is. The draft prospects will go through the drills, interview...
Tags: Ryan Clady, Chris Williams, Jermon Bushrod, San Francisco 49ers, Denver Broncos
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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: Baltimore Ravens, Jared Cook, Jermon Bushrod, San Diego Chargers, Phil Loadholt
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Heir apparent for Cutler?
The Bears should not be looking for a developmental quarterback in April's NFL draft. They should be looking for a quarterback who could become a starter within a year. This could be the opportunity for the Bears to draft a quarterback in the early...
Tags: Andy Dalton, Colin Kaepernick, Landry Jones, National Football League, Kirk Cousins
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Bears' idea of respecting Urlacher looks disingenuous, deceitful
It’s not so much that the Chicago Bears parted ways with Brian Urlacher, a surefire Hall of Famer robbed of his greatest asset by injuries. No, it was the sloppy, squirrely, deceitful manner the Bears went about it. It might be too much to say...
Tags: Charles Tillman, Marc Trestman, Chicago Bears, Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs
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Here are 10 potential picks who could help Bears
The Bears are just beginning the process for the April 25 to 27 NFL draft with the start of free agency looming and the campus pro day circuit still on tap. However, coming off the scouting combine, here are 10 first round targets who would fit general...
Tags: Charles Tillman, Gabe Carimi, Alabama Crimson Tide, NFL Draft, National Football League
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Bears best move is the one they didn't make
Even the most pessimistic types have to tip the cap to the Bears for the big splash they made as free-agency season opened this week. Martellus Bennett has a chance to be more of a difference-maker at tight end than the Bears have had since Mike Ditka....
Tags: Charles Tillman, Matt Forte, NFC North, Julius Peppers, Lance Briggs
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Bears rebuilding only on surface
Big yellow construction trucks in the parking lot outside his office greet Bears coach Marc Trestman every morning. Giant mounds of dirt surround the Bears' headquarters. Part of the team's Lake Forest facility remains off limits as major renovations...
Tags: Mike Singletary, Kellen Davis, Jay Cutler, Jermon Bushrod, NFL Draft
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Bears pull fast one in free agency
Free agency is full of false hope and flimsy promise. That said, the parade honoring the Bears for winning the first day of free agency should be scheduled for noon Wednesday on Michigan Avenue. Let the confetti fall and the band play. Free agency...
Tags: Matt Forte, Jared Cook, Jermon Bushrod, Jake Long, National Football League
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