The Chicago Bears hit their bye week with a familiar feeling: a mix of frustration over inconsistency and optimism about the flashes of progress that hint at better days ahead.
In the next episode of our limited series, ‘85 at 40, Bill Zimmerman and Jeff Berckes sit down with Chicago Bears legend, safety Gary Fencik. Gary provided us with several excellent answers on various topics.
Analytics suggest the Bears have potential problems ahead if they do as has been reported and start Theo Benedet at left tackle against the Commanders when they resume play a week from Monday in Washington.
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens make one of the busiest couples in sports. With Owens tied up in training and a hectic NFL schedule, and Biles juggling her commitments with organizations like Friends of the Children , Make-A-Wish , Athleta partnerships, and her creative ventures, their schedules rarely line up.
Are the Bears getting greedy, or just snubbed ... again? After everything they've been through the past four seasons, no one would begrudge them a few complaints.
To go with Yardbarker's trade installments on quarterbacks, running backs, and wide receivers, here is a look at the biggest moves involving pass rushers.
The Chicago Bears put left tackle Braxton Jones on the bench in the second quarter of Week 4. Head coach Ben Johnson hoped adding Ozzy Trapilo to the offensive line would provide a “spark” to a unit that struggled to block defensive end Maxx Crosby and the Las Vegas Raiders front seven.
As Ben Johnson and even Matt Eberflus often have pointed out, improvement in the NFL is not always linear. There are leaps forward and small steps backward for players.
Caleb Williams is enjoying an improved second season in the NFL, his first under coach Ben Johnson. The Chicago Bears are 2-2, and Williams is on pace to break several Bears single-season passing records.
The Chicago Bears are trending in the right direction after four games of the Ben Johnson era. They're entering the bye week with an even record at 2-2, and if it weren't four a fourth-quarter collapse against a Minnesota Vikings team that they dominated in Week 1, the Bears would be the talk of the NFL at 3-1.
Being .500 after four games qualifies no one for anything in the NFL except optimism. The Bears have been in this situation plenty of times in the past and watched it take a sour turn before the leaves fell, so no one should be overly exuberant.
The Chicago Bears, after a rough start to the Ben Johnson era, have built up a good amount of momentum with back-to-back wins, one a blowout and the other a gutsy, gritty victory.
With four selections in the top 62 of last April's NFL Draft, a lot was expected from the Chicago Bears' Class of 2025. At 2-2 and entering this week's Bye, we're still waiting.
The Chicago Bears have reached their bye week earlier than in previous seasons, and while some fans are annoyed it has seemingly broken their momentum from two straight wins, the benefits of the bye week have come at just the right time.
The Chicago Bears enter their Week 5 bye at the most opportune time, as the team has several key players recovering from injury paired with roster decisions coming at certain positions.
Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential Tracker Infogram Last year’s tracker is on the second page.
Brandon Marshall spent 13 years as a wide receiver in the NFL, playing for six teams during his career. He had 970 receptions for 12,351 yards and 83 touchdowns in the league.
With no game to preview this week, Taylor Doll took her Making Monsters podcast in a direction to get to know more about the Chicago Bears’ second leading tackler through four games, linebacker Noah Sewell.
The Chicago Bears have a lot to assess during the bye week, a process the coaches started on Wednesday after sending players home for the remainder of the week.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Rome Odunze has had an incredible start to his second NFL season and is truly blossoming into a legitimate star for this offense.
On Tuesday, the Chicago Bears unveiled renderings for their proposed new stadium in Arlington Heights. The Bears are hoping to begin construction on the project in the spring of 2026, but they are still waiting on local and state governments to finalize their support.
In Micah Parsons' return to AT&T Stadium, the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys played to a 40-40 tie on "Sunday Night Football" in the second-highest-scoring tie in NFL history.