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• 49ers turned down enticing trade offer for George Kittle before NFL Draft, per report

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The 49ers had a strong trade offer for George Kittle before the draft, but turned it down. Months of negotiation ended shortly after the draft when All-Pro tight end George Kittle signed a 5-year, $91.4M extension. However, before that deal was cemented there was a stunning deal on the table the 49ers passed on — one that perhaps they should have thought...2025
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• Around SB Nation: Recapping the 2025 NFL Draft

Tork Mason-Imagn Images The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone. How did the teams fare with their draft hauls? The 2025 NFL Draft has come and gone, so now it’s time to give out grades to draft classes that have yet to hit the football field. Yes, it’s easy to look back and say a team should have drafted player ‘x’ over player ‘y’ now that we know how the draft played out. But the biggest st...2025
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• The Bears are looking to trade up, and they might have one player in mind

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The 2025 NFL Draft might have its first big trade on the horizon With the 2025 NFL Draft just hours away, we have yet to see a trade in the first round. This marks the longest offseason cycle in the modern draft era that we have not seen a trade, since Joe Montana was traded just five days before the 1993 NFL Draft. But that might be about to change. Ac...2025
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• Bears GM Ryan Poles Predicts 2025 NFL Draft Will Get ‘A Little Wild’ and Feature ‘A Lot More’ Trades Than Past Years
Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles believes there could be "a lot more" trades in the 2025 NFL Draft compared to years past....2025
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• NFL Draft rumors include 1 team hoping Ashton Jeanty falls to them and more trade candidates

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Let’s take a spin around the latest NFL Draft rumors as Draft Week begins One day closer, dear readers. Monday brings the start of a new work week, and brings us one day closer to the 2025 NFL Draft. This is the time of the draft cycle when the rumors truly kick into gear, so let’s not waste any time. Could a team trade to No. 2 for Shedeur Sanders? The closer...2025
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• Around SB Nation: Derek Carr’s availability up in the air

Brad Penner-Imagn Images The Saints may have to draft a quarterback early in next week’s NFL Draft. The NFL Draft is next week and the New Orleans Saints got some bombshell news recently when it was reported that quarterback Derek Carr is dealing with a shoulder injury. This injury appears to be threatening his availability for the upcoming season, meaning the Saints may have to spend one ...2025
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Chicago Bears boost pass rush

Photo by Perry McIntyre/ISI Photos/Getty Images With the 10th overall pick in the 2025 Bleeding Green Nation community mock draft, New Orleans Saints GM FierceDisc65 selects ... Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia The stage is set. “The Chicago Bears are on the clock…” Good old Rodger Goodell says, then steps away from the podium quickly and vanishes backstage to weep softly after the chorus of ...2025
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• Stampede Blue Writers Roundtable: NFL Mock Draft

Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images General managers around the league are switching their attention from free agency to the 2025 NFL draft, which is less than a month away with round 1 beginning on April 24th. The writers here at Stampede Blue are going to pretend they are the GM of all the 32 different teams and make their own picks for the entire first round. Each writer will be puttin...2025
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/13: Seahawks add to both sides of the ball

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Upgraded and situating themselves, it’s hard to deny that our team is improving. In Today’s Links: our Seattle Seahawks continue to sign interesting free agents, mostly likely in the coming days will add even more. The roster continues to revolve and evolve, and it’s intriguing, to say the least. What do yall think about the new additions? Do either of today...2025
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• The Chicago Bears’ interior offensive linemen are the new Monsters of the Midway

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The Bears’ NFL free agency haul fixed their biggest weakness and forged a new identity The Chicago Bears as a franchise have always been known far more for stout and amazing defenses than they have been for revolutionary offenses. The “Monsters of the Midway” moniker always referred to the Bears’ defenses from the eras of Bill George and Dick Butkus all t...2025
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• Horse Tracks: Broncos signaling aggressive offseason even before Free Agency opens

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images With plans of signing former Niners defenders Talanoa Hufanga and Dre Greenlaw, plus re-signing DJ Jones, the Broncos are looking to showcase another aggressive defense. Good morning, Broncos Country! Free Agency hasn’t even officially officially begun yet, and the Broncos are already going big and fast — both literally and figuratively. Late Sunday night th...2025
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• NFL’s Top 50 free agents, ranked, with predictions for where they’ll land

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Let’s rank the best 2025 NFL free agents, and prediction where they will land. NFL Free Agency officially begins on Wednesday, March 12 at 4 p.m., but as usual we’re going to start hearing about deals far before that. The league’s legal tampering period opens at noon on Monday, March 10 — and this is when deals can start being made and agreed to, even if...2025
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• Joey Bosa’s 8 biggest suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by where we think he’ll land

Photo by Brooke Sutton/Getty Images What’s the best landing spot for Joey Bosa? Let’s rank ‘em. Wednesday marked a fascinating day in the NFL ahead of free agency, with the Seattle Seahawks releasing Tyler Lockett and granting wide receiver DK Metcalf permission to seek a trade. But those were not the only moves that made news on the West Coast. Wednesday evening brought word that the Los ...2025
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• Cowboys news: Cornerback was a concern all season after injuries, remains one through offseason

Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images The latest and greatest Dallas Cowboys offseason news. Despite multiple All-Pros, this position is big need for Cowboys - Ben Grimaldi, The Cowboys Wire Cornerback is a virtual need for every team in every offseason, but with the injuries Dallas had last year it is especially important they find depth. Caelen Carson is currently the third CB on the roster, and if...2025
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• 7 new NFL head coaches, ranked by how likely they are to immediately reach playoffs

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Which of the new head coaching hires has the best chance to reach the playoffs in year one? Let’s rank ‘em. With the news that the New Orleans Saints have finalized a deal to make Kellen Moore their next head coach, all seven job openings have been filled. Now, in perfect sports media manner, it is time to rank them. The criteria? What incoming head coa...2025
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• Bears fire V.P. of player engagement LaMar “Soup” Campbell
The Bears began Fourth of July weekend by firing a longtime member of their front office. LaMar “Soup” Campbell, who has served since 2015 as vice president of player engagement was fired today, according to Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune. Campbell was on vacation today when Bears General Manager Ryan Poles called to fire [more]...2022
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"But Chicago also has the 10th, 39th, and 41st picks in the 2025 draft if they want to reinforce those positions early on in late April, and the free-agency additions of defensive linemen Grady Jarrett and Dayo Odeyingbo give Johnson and general manager Ryan Poles the flexibility to focus on other spots with the other side of the interior also bolstered in a very positive sense."

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"Bears GM Ryan Poles all but signals Justin Fields trade on the horizon with this answer about QB's future"

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"Plus, the Bears’ GM Ryan Poles has Kansas City connections and was at Arrowhead when Jones was drafted in 2016."

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"Bears finalizing deal with Chiefs' Ryan Poles to serve as their new general manager"

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"Panthers plan to interview Chiefs exec Ryan Poles for G.M. opening"

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"(AP) The Chiefs have promoted Mike Borgonzi to director of football operations and Ryan Poles to assistant director of player personnel as part of a series of front-office moves made following the NFL draft."

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"Chiefs director of college scouting Ryan Poles attended Boston College and later worked for his alma mater as a recruiting assistant in 2008-09."

• 49ers turned down enticing trade offer for George Kittle before NFL Draft, per report
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• Around SB Nation: Recapping the 2025 NFL Draft
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• The Bears are looking to trade up, and they might have one player in mind
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• NFL Draft rumors include 1 team hoping Ashton Jeanty falls to them and more trade candidates
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• Around SB Nation: Derek Carr’s availability up in the air
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• The bombshell rumor that could totally change the NFL Draft

Dan Rainville / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Things are going to get wild in the Top 10. The NFL Draft picture is getting clearer, but a new rumor from Todd McShay could blow up everything. It had always been a safe assumption that the Tennessee Titans would take QB Cam Ward with the No. 1 pick — and that’s essentially been cemented now, but it’s what happens after that has been com...2025
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Chicago Bears boost pass rush
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• POD Community Mock: With the 10th pick, the Bears select...

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images With the 10th pick in the POD Community Mock Draft, the Chicago Bears select... While the Green Bay Packers are probably still the biggest Detroit Lions rival, the Chicago Bears are already making a pretty good case for 2025. With former Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson taking the Bears head coach job—and ruffling some feathers since he’s be...2025
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• Mike Borgonzi discusses leaving the Chiefs for the Titans

Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Kansas City’s former assistant general manager discussed his recent promotion with host Kay Adams on Monday. The Kansas City Chiefs will have a major change in the front office for the coming season. The team’s former assistant general manager, Mike Borgonzi, left the team after 16 seasons in various roles to become the general manager of the Tennessee Titans. Bor...2025
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• Breaking down the Jaguars' general manager candidates

Photo by James Gilbert/Getty Images Jacksonville will, at the latest, look to wrap up its general manager opening before February 28th, per owner Shad Khan. What do the seven GM candidates bring to the table? After adding Hall of Famer Tony Boselli to the front office structure, the Jacksonville Jaguars’ search to fill their open general manager role officially kicked off on Monday, as the...2025
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• Jaguars GM search: Four names to keep an eye on

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images A quartet of GM candidates for Jags fans to watch out for The delayed departure of Trent Baalke as general manager of the Jacksonville Jaguars means the franchise is now looking for the next leader of their front office operations. Further complicating the hiring process is the appointment of Liam Cohen, with the timeline...2025
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• The Linc - Jalen Hurts looking “very mobile” and throwing the ball in practice “better than he has in weeks”

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 1/25/25. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Eagles’ Jalen Hurts anticipates wearing knee brace vs. Commanders - ESPNHis teammates have been offering positive reports on Hurts this week. Right tackle Lane Johnson said following Thursday’s practice that Hurts “was mobile, he was moving.” Left tackle Jordan M...2025
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• Ben Johnson is a home run hire for the Bears, with one big caveat

Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Hiring Ben Johnson is brilliant, unless one thing happens. It’s been a long, long time since the Chicago Bears hired a coach that other teams actually wanted. A history littered with the Marc Trestman’s of the world, you have to go back to the 1982 hiring of Mike Ditka to find a coach the Bears landed who other teams were ac...2025
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• Our predictions for every NFL head coach opening

Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images Here are our picks for the open jobs. It’s only been a couple of weeks since the end of the NFL regular season, but the hiring cycle is in full swing. With every eliminated playoff team comes new opportunities for assistant coaches to be hired, but we’ve already seen interviews piling up. Thus far only the New England Patriots have made a move, hiri...2025
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• 3 potential Ran Carthon successors to be Tennessee Titans’ next GM

Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Who will be the Tennessee Titans’ next GM? The Tennessee Titans fired general manager Ran Carthon on Tuesday. In doing so, team owner Amy Adams Strunk awarded control of all football-related matters to president of football operations Chad Brinker, who was initially hired by Carthon as assistant GM before being promoted t...2025
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• Around SB Nation: Patriots fire Jerod Mayo

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The Patriots have moved on from Jerod Mayo after only one season. After their game on Sunday, the New England Patriots announced that Jerod Mayo would not be back as their head coach meaning Mayo only lasted one season after replacing Bill Belichick. You could argue that Mayo was setup to fail with how the roster was constructed but he ...2025
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• Mike Borgonzi discusses leaving the Chiefs for the Titans
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• The Chicago Bears’ interior offensive linemen are the new Monsters of the Midway
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• Horse Tracks: Broncos signaling aggressive offseason even before Free Agency opens
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• Joey Bosa’s 8 biggest suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by where we think he’ll land
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• 11 instant reactions to the Chiefs sending Joe Thuney to the Bears

Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The reality is that sometimes, you have to make tough decisions in the NFL. As we know now, the Kansas City Chiefs intend to move starting left guard (and 2024 team MVP) Joe Thuney to the Chicago Bears in exchange for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick. What is your reaction? pic.twitter.com/TgI6XMmMiH— Arrowhead Pride (@ArrowheadPride)...2025
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• Breaking down the Jaguars' general manager candidates
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• Open thread: How long will Ben Johnson last as the Bears’ head coach?

Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images The former Lions offensive coordinator is now head coach of the Chicago Bears. How long will his tenure last? After three years of speculation, the inevitable has happened: Ben Johnson has left the Detroit Lions to be a head coach elsewhere. Of course, the location of “elsewhere” is a non-trivial consideration here. Johnson left for a division rival in the Chicag...2025
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• Cowboys news: New head coach in Dallas will have a lot to overcome

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images The latest inside what's going on with the Dallas Cowboys is here. 10 things the new Dallas Cowboys coach must learn to navigate to be successful - Calvin Watkins, Dallas Morning News Although it's an intriguing job, there's a lot that comes with it. Jerry Jones is the only NFL owner who doubles as his team’s lead personnel man. Jones will attend s...2025
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• Bears finalizing deal with Chiefs' Ryan Poles to serve as their new general manager
Chicago has found its new GM...2022
• Arrowheadlines: 3 Chiefs make top 10 of NFL’s Top 100 Players list

Amy Kontras-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Tuesday, August 8 The latest NFL’s ‘Top 100 Players of 2023’: Five things the voters got wrong | NFL.com 1) “Oh well” to the Chiefs Get this: The reigning Super Bowl champions, having logged a 14-3 regular-season record and a fifth straight AFC title game appearance, boast just three of the league’s top 100 players — at least, according to...2023
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• The Chicago Bears’ interior offensive linemen are the new Monsters of the Midway
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• Bears GM Ryan Poles says Chicago would need to be 'absolutely blown away' to take a QB at No. 1

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• Bears GM Ryan Poles all but signals Justin Fields trade on the horizon with this answer about QB's future

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• Sources: Bears finalizing deal to make Poles GM

The Bears are finalizing a deal to hire Chiefs executive director of player personnel Ryan Poles as their next general manager, league sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter....2022
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• What Bears’ writers, fans are saying about David Montgomery signing with the Lions
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Detroit Lions stole a division rivals top running back and the reactions vary from denial to sadness. The Detroit Lions made a splash on the offensive side of the ball Tuesday night when they signed running back David Montgomery away from the division rival Chicago Bears. At just 25 years old, Montgomery was a 51-game starter for the Bears and curre...2023
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• Bengals News (10/6): Joe Burrow lights fire after addressing his team

Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports Joe Burrow isn’t going to let all this losing become an accepted standard. Game Within The Game: Continuing Education At NFL Safety As Bengals' Dax Hill Flashes Elite Skills"That's why he's a first-round pick," says safety partner Nick Scott, the veteran who came over from the Rams to aid Hill replacing Bates and Vonn Bell. "Everyone can see the ups...2023
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• Pre-Snap Reads 3/29: Seahawks admit to having ‘a lot to figure out’ on the O-Line

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images Read! In Today’s Links: more prospect profiles, draft talk, LB talk, FA talk; plus, another quick look at the Seahawks’ new signings. Less than 30 days to the 2024 NFL Draft. Are you excited? Seahawks News Who will be the first 15 prospects picked in the NFL Draft? - Seaside JoeHow Brock Bowers could be the Seahawks' "Derwin James" pick of 2024: Seaside Jo...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Justin Fields could be on borrowed time

Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Saturday, September 23 The latest Justin Fields on borrowed time as Bears’ QB? Plus, Eric Bieniemy’s impact and a fascinating innovation| NFL.com Despite his spectacular flashes as a runner and mobile playmaker over his first two-plus seasons — Fields rushed for 1,143 yards in 2022, averaging an NFL-best 7.1 yards per carry — the 24-...2023
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• Arrowheadlines: Bears defensive coordinator resigns

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Thursday, September 21 The latest Bears defensive coordinator Alan Williams resigns from position with team | NFL.com Defensive coordinator Alan Williams has resigned from his position with the team, the Chicago Bears announced on Wednesday. “It is with great regret that I tender my resignation as the defensive coordinator of the C...2023
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• 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Chicago Bears boost pass rush
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• Horse Tracks: Broncos signaling aggressive offseason even before Free Agency opens
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• NFL’s Top 50 free agents, ranked, with predictions for where they’ll land
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• Joey Bosa’s 8 biggest suitors in NFL free agency, ranked by where we think he’ll land
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• 11 instant reactions to the Chiefs sending Joe Thuney to the Bears
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• Dolphins’ Chris Grier is one of three general managers not scheduled to speak at Scouting Combine

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images General managers for the Bears, Cowboys, and Dolphins aren’t expected to meet with the press. 329 NFL Draft prospects step into the spotlight next week at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine. With representatives from every franchise headed to Indianapolis in preparation for the draft, the week-long event also serves as a chance to kick-start trade discussions ...2025
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• Cowboys news: Cornerback was a concern all season after injuries, remains one through offseason
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• POD Community Mock: With the 10th pick, the Bears select...
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• Open thread: How long will Ben Johnson last as the Bears’ head coach?
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• Cowboys news: New head coach in Dallas will have a lot to overcome
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• 5 Qs Lions vs. Bears preview: How Chicago’s new OC brought rhythm back to the offense

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images What’s been different with the Bears offense since they made a switch at offensive coordinator? We asked @WCGridiron about the Thanksgiving day matchup between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears. More Detroit Lions football is right around the corner, and we would never pass up the opportunity to get some intel from the opponent’s perspective. We calle...2024
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• Bears players advocated for benching Caleb Williams before firing Shane Waldron, per report

Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Bears veterans reportedly asked the coaching staff to bench Caleb Williams in favor of backup Tyson Bagent. The Chicago Bears were one play away from being 5-2 on the season. Then Jayden Daniels connected on a Hail Mary that gave the Washington Commanders an unlikely win and sent Chicago’s season into a tailspin. The Bears, now sitting at 4-5 on the season, fir...2024
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• The Bears can’t protect Caleb Williams, and it’s deflating his hype

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images The Bears’ offensive line is a disaster, and Caleb Williams is paying the price. Caleb Williams was expected to be the savior for the Chicago Bears when destiny delivered the team the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Williams had been preordained as a future franchise quarterback and purported ‘generational talent’ during his electric college caree...2024
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• Caleb Williams is ideal modern NFL quarterback for Chicago Bears

After months of speculation, Caleb Williams is a Chicago Bear. Here is why Months of rumors, speculation, debates over perceived flaws, ended with the NFL world right back where we started. With Caleb Williams the first-overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles indicated earlier this week that the team knew what they were doing with the first overall selection, b...2024
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• Grading the Justin Fields trade

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Who wins in the Fields-Steelers trade? After months of speculation and rumors that the Bears would actually not take a QB with the first overall pick, Chicago put all of that to rest, trading QB Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a conditional 2025 6th round pick that can turn into a 4th round pick based on playing time. Fields and Chicago get a fres...2024
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• FTR’s fourth mock draft: Seahawks benefit from chaos atop the draft, add a 2024 first-round pick
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports The Panthers and Texans send the top of the draft in an unexpected direction The Seahawks enter the 2023 NFL Draft with ten picks, including the 5th overall pick (thank you, Denver) and the 20th overall pick in Round One, another pair of picks in Round Two, one pick in Round Three, and a quintet of picks in Rounds 4-7. What Seattle ultimately ends up doing with...2023
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