Bears Defensive Free Agent Big Board [Potential Contract Figures] 1. DE Greg Hardy [Carolina] 26 years old, 59 tackles 15 sacks, 6 years 96 million/50 guaranteed [Mario Williams] The premiere free agent and a 26 year old player with 26 sacks in the last 2 seasons. Add to the production that he is 6'4" 290lbs and plays the run well and rushes from the inside he would be my #1 target and I would mortgage thin ...

The problem I keep coming back to with this off-season is that the Bears need a DE. Even if Peppers is restructured and Wootton is re-signed, the Bears need a starting calibre DE. The failure of the McClellin pick has left them with very little pass rush in the cupboard.   This is where the problem begins as this offseason does not appear to have a DE group, in free agency or the draft, that excites me at a ...

It is the time to break down the Bears current roster and looks at needs moving into the off-season. The plan is to start with the biggest areas of concern that need to be addressed in 2014. No unit, except maybe safety, was a bigger disappointment this season than the defensive line. Crippled by age, injury, and ineffectiveness the Bears DL was terrible against the pass, dead last in sacks, and terrible ag ...

The Chicago Bears Facebook page is great. It's great in a sense that people can go on there and voice their opinions in the comments section, especially since the Bears message board was taken down. Now these comments aren't always the best. In fact, most of them are just plain awful. Every fan base has their idiots, that's a fact. But the meatballs seem to find their way to Chicago somehow. Recently the Be ...

Dear Chicago Bears     It is 3 am when I am writing this letter to you. Why you ask am I writing a letter at 3 am, because I cannot sleep. I cannot sleep because again I have watched you let the playoff slip away. I cannot sleep because as a Bears fan I am struggling to wrap my head around how again we find ourselves in what is becoming an uncomfortably common occurrence.     In the 7 seasons since the 2006 ...

Let me start by saying that I feel the defensive struggles have more to do with personnel and injuries than it does with Mel Tucker and it would not shock me if Trestman kept Tucker and did not scape goat him.   When Mel Tucker was hired he said that he would keep the defense the same as in the Lovie Smith era, to cater to the existing defensive players.   This was an epic failure as the players got old, in ...

It was a tough loss to the Detroit Lions yesterday at Solider Field which put the team out of a playoff spot with just seven games remaining. The team announced today that corner back Charles Tillman has been placed on injured reserve with the designation to return in eight weeks. Tillman will miss the regular season but can return to the team if they make the playoffs. He should be available for the Wild C ...

It was a game the Bears had to have. A game that would have put them alone in first place in the NFC North with just seven games left and a favorable schedule. This game was just wacky in general and has Bears fans wondering the fate of their teams, now virtually two games behind the Lions in the NFC North with the tie-breaker. The biggest question was on Jay Cutler who looked great on the Bears first drive ...

With a three-way tie for first place in the NFC North, Sundays game is certainly the biggest game of the season for the Chicago Bears (5-3)  and Detroit Lions (5-3). The winner will have at least a share of the NFC North lead and for the Lions it could potentially be a two-game lead because of the tie-breaker. The Lions took care of the Bears in Detroit week 4 and will look to sweep the season series for th ...

During the bye week I thought I would check back in with the Bears OL and see how they are progressing to this point. Much has been made of the recent Pro Football Focus grade handed to Jordan Mills ranking him as the 73rd OT in the NFL. I am interested to see how the group is working as a unit. I looked at drives by both Cutler and McCown. [++], exceptional block that has a positive impact on the play. [+] ...