When the Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers to earn a berth in the NFC Divisional Round, their joy of victory came with some really, really bad news.
The outlook for Chicago's linebacker room was looking bleak a few weeks ago. They were completely decimated ahead of their matchup against Pittsburgh, and they were relying on fourth-round selection Ruben Hypollite II and late-August waiver wire pickup D'Marco Jackson to make their first career starts.
A nuke went off in the Bears' linebacker room this week. It took out all three starting 'backers, and a few of the backups also suffered from residual radiation poisoning.
The Bears did some roster shuffling a day after setting their initial 53-man roster. Linebacker D'Marco Jackson and defensive back Jaylon Jones both joined the team after successful waiver claims.
Thanks to pro-football-reference.com's addition of unofficial sack totals to players' resumes, more clarity has emerged about the best pass-rushing years from previous eras.
Plenty of explanations exist for why the New Orleans Saints have fallen to become one of the NFL's worst teams, but chief among them is a troubling trend of NFL Draft ineptitude.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Saints just ruled out two players ahead of Sunday's game against the Commanders. One of those players was Bub Means, who remains in the 21-day practice window.