To bring you up to speed, the Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles was preceded by the national anthem – performed by a mariachi band. And what has followed in the nearly 24 hours since that performance is a dispassionate, logical discussion about the quality of the performance and The […]
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NFL Week 1 takeaways: Bengals flash contender upside, Bears explode and Packers collapse
I love the NFL and I don’t care who knows it. As sad as I am to see summer coming to an end, I couldn’t be more excited that the best league on the planet is back and in full swing. As you might imagine, I have some thoughts about the first Sunday of the […]
Bears stun Packers with shocking comeback for first postseason win in rivalry since 1941
The Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers in a playoff game for the first time since Franklin D. Roosevelt was president. Chicago overcame a late 18-point deficit to stun their rival in the Wild Card playoff game at Soldier Field on Saturday. It marked the Bears’ first postseason victory in the NFL’s oldest rivalry […]
Bears’ Tyson Bagent breaks down in tears after receiving life-changing contract: ‘Weight off my shoulders’
The Chicago Bears may have Caleb Williams as the future at quarterback, but the dedication of his backup, Tyson Bagent, led general manager Ryan Poles to give him a reported two-year, $10 million contract extension. That decision brought Bagent to tears during his press conference on Wednesday. Of course, this isn’t a record-breaking contract, but […]