Chicago Bears Archive

  • Soldier Field Readies for Preseason Start
    August 12, 2011

    This week marks the official start of the preseason for the teams in the National Football League. Some of the teams even got the festivities started yesterday, Thursday, August 11. The Chicago Bears, though start their preseason on Saturday by hosting the Buffalo Bills.

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  • Tice Talks About O-Line Choices
    August 11, 2011

    Ever since the lockout ended, the Chicago Bears have been working on solidifying their roster. One of the places that has been a point of speculation is the offensive line. The Bears parted ways with longtime center Olin Kreutz, leaving a big hole in the offensive line. Talk was all over as to who would be filling that gap for the Chicago Bears.

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  • Bears Keeping Grass
    August 10, 2011

    Recently, some of the Chicago Bears players, specifically star linebacker Brian Urlacher, had made comments about the natural grass surface at Soldier Field and how artificial turf would be better for everyone. Despite this sentiment, though, it doesn’t look like those in the Bears’ administration will be bowing to the pressure any time soon.

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  • Williams Talks About Joining Bears
    August 9, 2011

    The Chicago Bears’ wide receiver corps aren’t the group that attracts the most praise from NFL analysts, but they have become used to proving detractors wrong. The wide receivers are ready to do just that yet again this season, but this time they will have a new face, wide receiver Roy Williams. Williams adds a new target for quarterback Jay Cutler, and he is also of the taller stature that the Bears were looking for.

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  • Turf at Soldier Field?
    August 8, 2011

    When it comes to historic stadiums in the National Football League, near the top of that list is the Chicago Bears’ home stadium, Soldier Field. One way that Soldier Field has kept its tie to the past is by holding on to its natural grass playing surface. Unfortunately, the unpredictable weather in the Windy City are not kind to a real grass playing surface.

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  • Marinelli Aims High
    August 5, 2011

    Each year, August is a busy time for teams in the National Football League gearing up for the regular season. This year, the teams are even more frantic because all of them were dealing with the lockout for most of the offseason, meaning that the teams couldn’t hold practice until it the lockout ended. Now, the coaches are getting a good idea about how the players fared without scheduled workouts.

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  • Bears Got In Shape During Lockout
    August 4, 2011

    Right now, the members of the Chicago Bears are currently at training camp getting ready for the upcoming season. This training camp is different than ones in years past, because the various players on the team had to get in shape themselves. The teams couldn’t hold practices leading up to training camp because of a lockout that had the league at a standstill. That lockout has ended, and the players are now together.

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  • Martz Impressed with Cutler’s Progress
    August 3, 2011

    The lockout during what should have been off-season practices threw a monkey wrench into every team’s plans for the season. One of the most interesting developments is seeing what various players have done in the meantime to keep in shape. Some haven’t done much, which isn’t exactly what the coaches wanted to see heading into training camp.

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  • Chris Spencer Talks About Joining Bears
    August 2, 2011

    One of the biggest moves for the Chicago Bears since the end of the lockout has been the team parting ways with longtime and legendary center Olin Kreutz. The departure was surprising to most, but the Bears closed the gap by adding former Seattle Seahawks center Chris Spencer.

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  • Bears Sign Two Draftees
    July 28, 2011

    Like other teams in the National Football League, the Chicago Bears wasted no time in signing a long list of undrafted free agents as soon as the lockout ended. In addition, the Bears also made sure to begin working on contracts with the team’s draft picks. Two of the team’s picks have officially signed four-year deals, with more to follow.

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