BEARS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Despite struggling to the tune of 2-of-8 passing for 20 yards in the team’s preseason opener, Mike Glennon will likely be the Chicago Bears’ Week 1 starter.Head coach John Fox indicated following Glennon’s disastrous performance that the Bears’ depth chart remains unchanged. This came after the free agent signing threw a pick-six and boasted a zero quarterback rating in the...

Remember when people were calling for Ryan Pace to be fired? Sure you do, it wasn’t that long ago. He was stupid for taking a quarterback with just 13 collegiate starts, a D-II tight end, a safety with a rod in his leg and a tiny and a small running back from a small school. Guys like Matt Miller and Jason La Canfora quoted made-up sources saying Pace was SURELY going to be fired...

HBO’s “Hard Knocks” takes sports fans behind the scenes and shows them what really takes place behind closed doors during training camp.Viewers are given access that is very rare nowadays. They get to see what takes place by management and the coaching staff inside each respective team facility. That’s the main reason many teams aren’t interested in participating in the...

Chicago Bears offensive lineman Kyle Long did not have a good Monday. He was tossed from practice after getting into a fight.After practice, which was closed to the media and the public, head coach John Fox told reporters that he booted Long from practice. “There’s a certain standard we have and it’s something we weren’t very pleased with,” Fox said after practice, per...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht was widely derided and mocked for trading up to select a kicker, Roberto Aguayo, with the No. 59 overall pick of the 2016 NFL Draft. It only got worse when Aguayo proved ineffective.With Aguayo now released due to his maddening inconsistency and missed kicks, Licht could only say that he was “owning up” to making a bad move.�...

This likely isn’t what fans of the Chicago Bears want to hear. Just a short while after rookie No. 2 overall pick Mitch Trubisky impressed in his NFL preseason debut, head coach John Fox drew a somewhat surprising comparison. Yes, Fox just pretty much compared Trubisky to former NFL quarterback (turned MILB player) Tim Tebow. For those of you who somehow forgot, Fox was Tebow�...

In a 3-4 defense, you can never have too many linebackers. Based on injuries the past few years, the Bears can attest to that statement. If the core linebackers can stay healthy, the linebacker unit may end up being the strength of the Bears defense. Outside Linebackers The four outside linebackers the Bears will rely on heavily will be Pernell McPhee, Lamaar Houston, Willie Young...

Do you believe in love at first sight? I fell head over heels in love with new Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky Thursday night while watching him play against the Denver Broncos during Chicago’s first preseason game.I know it’s only an exhibition game. And I understand he was playing against a bunch of players who will likely go on to careers outside of football when...

Welcome to this week’s quiz, brought to you by The Sports Post, where we pick your brain with current events! Were you paying attention to Mitch Trubisky’s NFL debut? What about those smoking hot Los Angeles Dodgers? NCAA Football is right around the corner too! Plus, the Little League World Series has some of the best young diamond players battling it out.Questions on these...

Football is officially back. It’s only preseason, which is essentially a glorified practice, but the Chicago Bears looked good. The Bears did lose, 24-17, to the Denver Broncos, but preseason record doesn’t matter. The Bears went 1-3 in 1985, that team went on to win the Super Bowl, the winless 2008 Detroit Lions went 4-0. The Bears shined in some areas and fell flat in others...

The Miami Dolphins have lured Jay Cutler out of retirement to play quarterback in the wake of Ryan Tannehill’s knee injury. The somewhat surprising move has left one Dolphins fan in a conundrum regarding the accuracy of his sizable collection of jerseys documenting the team’s laundry list of recent quarterbacks.The Dolphins fan in question took to Twitter to bemoan how he lacks...