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Speaking to reporters afterwards, coach Mike McCarthy said: “We were not prepared to the level that we should have been.” But even an under-prepared team should have been able to win this game. The Packers, like the Bears, have deeper issues.

CHICAGO -- I think I heard a collective groan here Sunday when Bears coach Lovie Smith stepped to the podium and said: “I don’t have a lot of reasons to give you on why we played that way.” In this case, however, I’m with Smith: The Bears’ performance Sunday was inexplicable.

By Nathan Venegas Since the Bears trailed almost from the start the running game was abandoned leaving Forte with 33 yards on five carries. Had the Bears been able to stop a few drives we may have seen Forte have a big day.   Who was expecting Lovie Smith to pull a Denny Green?

By Jeff Hughes The Chicago Bears can no longer employ Tommie Harris.  Today was Tank Johnson's gun house and Cedric Benson's boat ride.  I don't care if he goes to another organization and leads the universe in sacks and tackles-for-loss.  I don't want... The Chicago Bears can no longer employ Tommie Harris. ...

Kurt Warner envisioned doing this on a regular basis at Soldier Field. Good thing for the Arizona Cardinals, the Chicago Bears took a pass on him. One week after throwing five interceptions, Warner tied a career high by throwing five touchdown passes while Larry Fitzgerald added 123 yards...

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) -- Kurt Warner envisioned doing this on a regular basis at Soldier Field. Good thing for the Arizona Cardinals, the Chicago Bears took a pass on him.

CHICAGO -- No one should spend time celebrating Chicago for its mini-comeback Sunday at Soldier Field, one that allowed a blowout loss to appear somewhat less painful on the final scoreboard. The Bears got the living daylights beat out of them at home Sunday in a game that should call into q...

By Adam T Soldier Field 12:00 P.M. CSTFOXSirius Channel: 127Opp: Revenge of the Birds This is a game the Bears can win and if they have any hopes of making it to the playoffs, they need this one.  The Vikings are running away with the division and the Bears can't afford to fall back any more games.

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris was ejected from Sunday's game against Arizona after just 65 seconds of play for slugging Cardinals offensive tackle Deuce Lutui. At the end of an Arizona running play, Harris and Lutui ended up on the ground and a replay showed Harris hitting...

The Bears have been a step behind the Cardinals’ offense, both physically and from a scheme perspective, all game. Their front four has gotten almost no push, and their blitzes have been wholly ineffective. The Cardinals are running out of passing formations and passing out of run formati...

By Jeff Fisher Thurs. – At 49ers 11/22 – Eagles at home 11/29 – At Vikings Fall 3 games behind the Vikes in the division. Already have 3 key head-to-head losses with teams they’re battling for wildcard playoff positioning – the Packers, Falcons and Cardinals. Bears – 27, Cards – 21

By Eric Stashin As for Fred Davis, he steps into an offense that has been pretty poor.  Knowshown Moreno vs. Jamaal Charles Devin Hester vs. Steve Smith Need help in trying to decide who to start this week, check out our weekly rankings by clicking here .

I think we'll find out a lot about the Bears this weekend. Was the Cincinnati game a fluke like the Raiders beating the Eagles or were the Bears exposed? If the Bears defense plays to its capabilities and Ron Turner figures out how to turn into an offensive coordinator all of a sudden, the Bear...

By Dane Noble Rex Grossman tossed four interceptions, but got bailed out by two defensive scores by Mike Brown and Charles Tillman, and a Devin Hester 83-yard punt return that capped the comeback. Anyhow, share your own.  Where does the 2006 Cardinals game rank in your mental filing-system?  Wh...

By Max Kienzler Being a Chicago Bears fan is difficult at times (actually being a Chicago sports fan this decade has been rough), but the Bears are seemingly on a never ending rollercoaster. They play the Cardinals in Chicago, which continues the OLDEST rivalry in the entire NFL.

By MJD Not a great week for Peyton, but his season so far gives him enough juice to keep the top spot. It's kind of funny that the guy can complete 31-of-48 passes for 347 yards, and I'm calling it "not a great week," but that's the level of quarterback play we're being blessed with this year in NFL Nati...

By Jeff Hughes David Haugh offers ten ways to fix the Bears offense and he gets it right from the start.  The best player on this offense is the quarterback and the offense will produce nothing until the team utilizes his very special abilities.  What we overlooked for the past few years is how a limited quar...

By Richard Bridges Tonight, the Atlanta Falcons have another chance to prove they are a playoff contending team on prime time television. Their first go at it was Sunday night against the Chicago Bears. The Saints running game vs. Curtis Lofton Saints 37, Falcons 27

By wiltfongjr Lance Briggs, he of the four straight pro bowls, has a career high of 2 sacks in a season.  Brian Urlacher has a career high of 8 all the way back in his rookie year.  The Bears linebackers are not good pass rushers.  The last good pass rushing linebacker the Bears had was Rosevelt Colvin in 2002, w...

By Roy Taylor Petulant, pathetic ex-Bear having a career season has his career best game against his former team after spouting lies all week about how the Bears tried to kill his career, when in actuality the player himself couldn’t give a crap when the McCaskey fan gave him $17 million to stink?  Chec...

By Ed Yevelev Cameron Jordan has been inconsistent, while back-up Ernest Owusu has not had a single quarterback drop since getting a couple in the Maryland opener. Coming into the season, the Bears had hoped that their depth at the position (a rotation that ran six-deep) would help remedy the loss of Za...

By Ed Yevelev Quarterback Grade: B+ Grade: C As one of the keys to a functioning running game and an upright quarterback, the boys up front have major ups and downs this season after losing stellar center Alex Mack and offensive line coach Steve Marshall.

By Brad Biggs 2012: DE Gaines Adams, S Al Afalava, DL Jarron Gilbert, DT Tommie Harris, WR Juaquin Iglesias, WR Johnny Knox, G Lance Louis, DL Henry Melton, CB D.J. Moore, G Frank Omiyale, LB Brian Urlacher, CB Nathan Vasher, OT Chris Williams 2013: LB Lance Briggs, QB Jay Cutler, K Robbie Gould, WR Devin H...

By Stu Courtney Jay Cutler figures to give the Bears stability at quarterback for many years to come. Major news broke Tuesday night (reported first by Mike Mulligan on suntimes.com): Jay Cutler has agreed to a contract extension that will keep the... Jay Cutler figures to give the Bears stability at quarter...

By ChiFan13 Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Jerry Angelo said that Adewale Ogunleye is still part of the Bears' future. Steve Rosenbloom: The Bears are experts at choking. Mike Imrem: It's unlikely that the Bears can tutor Jay Cutler. ESPN Chicago Jerry Angelo talks about his new toy (Gaines Adams).

By GeauxBears While undoubtedly not nearly as tenured as many Bears fans out there, I have been a fan since I was 5 years old... my earliest memories of football was sitting on my grandfather's lap, watching the late Walter Payton work his magic on the football field.  My grandfather was a Packers fan, but I lo...

By Gene Chamberlain A funny thing happened on tight end Greg Olsen’s way to becoming quarterback Jay Cutler’s go-to guy. Cutler has thrown to Olsen needing four yards or less for a first down or touchdown a dozen times. The Bears have two first downs, two touchdowns and eight incompletions on those 12 passes.

By chicagosports The Bears actually have retired 13 jersey numbers, most in the NFL and third most in professional sports behind only the New York Yankees with 15 and the Boston Celtics with 21. The reason the Bears don’t retire more jersey numbers is they wouldn’t have enough numbers to assign if they retir...

By hosts@bearscast.com (Bearscast) Episode: 143 - Sean and Mr. Payne discuss "3 Things" about the Bears 48-24 win vs. Lions (October 5) - Bearscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Bearscast.com - Hosted By: Sean, Herman & Gabe

By chicagosports Without him, the Lions aren’t tied at 21 with the Bears at the half of Sunday’s entertaining game at Soldier Field. Without Johnson, the Lions never would have jolted the confidence of the Bears defense with a 45-yard reception on Detroit’s first offensive play. Without Johnson, the Lions...

By chicagosports Why did the Bears go for the two-point conversion on their last touchdown? If Seattle had scored a TD with a conversion, the Bears still would have lost by a point. --Carl Ott, Westchester, Ill. By Dan Pompei You want to talk about the Bears coaches and if they are doing a good job, why the coache...

By Drew Magary 2003—Michael Haynes (1), Rex Grossman (1), Charles Tillman (2), Lance Briggs (3) 2004—Tommie Harris (1), Tank Johnson (2), Bernard Berrian (3) 2006—Danieal Manning (2), Devin Hester (2), Dusty Dvoracek (3) 2008—Chris Williams (1), Matt Forte (2), Earl Bennett (3), Marcus Harrison...

By David Carter Chicago Bears In 1957, the Lions won their third NFL championship in six years. In ’58, they traded legendary quarterback Bobby Layne to Pittsburgh. Since then, they have had one Pro Bowl quarterback and one playoff victory. Now here comes Matthew Stafford, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft.

By Andrew Maisonneuve The 2009 Chicago Bears defense line will get back to form and dominate in the NFL. If the Bears defensive line unit can stay healthy, which is extremely important, I believe that they will step up greatly improve their pass rush with coach Rod Marinelli at the wheel.

And the Bears could have some new threads, too. Team spokesman Scott Hagel said the Bears are exploring the possibility of adding a sponsorship patch to practice jerseys, a move first made by the Tennessee Titans at least a year ago. The NFL tackled ...

By Max Kienzler So, reviewing the Chicago Bears selection on the first day of the draft, they selected ... oh wait, did I miss something? Who did we pick? But I refuse to give Angelo any credit because there was no way of knowing that Johnson would not be selected by a team in the 50-64 pick range. It was just luck th...

By Brad Biggs If general manager Jerry Angelo has done one thing well in the draft, it's find defensive backs in the later rounds. Nathan Vasher, Chris Harris, Kevin Payne, Corey Graham and Todd Johnson were all selected in the fourth round... Nathan Vasher, Chris Harris, Kevin Payne, Corey Graham and Tod...

By Roman Modrowski I hope Tom Waddle's dream doesn't portend the next radio stunt, because the former Bears receiver and co-host of the "Waddle & Silvy" show on ESPN 1000 would be in even worse shape than Harry Teinowitz if he acts out his nightmare.

By Roman Modrowski I don't think there is a Bears fan alive who wishes Cedric Benson were still the running back here instead of Matt Forte. He underachieved on the field and alienated a fan base off the field. But still, I think Benson has a point when he says he wasn't treated entirely fairly in Chicago.

By Joe Zedalis Bears general manager Jerry Angelo didn't seem to find much fault with Urlacher this season. Is he the Brian Urlacher of old? I can't say that. Could he still make a Pro Bowl? He still has enough to make a Pro Bowl. He's still a very good football player. I have to go with what I see on tape."

Filed under: Bears, SaintsMike Murphy of 670 The Score in Chicago asked me to come on his show today and talk about tonight's Bears-Saints game. Murph and I discussed Thursday Night Football in general, and I think we're in agreement that we're in favor of anything that gives us more footba...

By Matt Loede John Sefcik from NFL Gridiron Gab Covering and Talking About the Vikings win over Houston One game remains in Week 9, and here at the Gab we are back with another edition of Gridiron Rewind to talk about all the big matchups from the week gone by. Today here on the show Matt Loede along with the s...

Only five days from the return of the Bears, bar tabs and Jeff on the blog. And hopefully your 2008 Chicago Bears will be monopolizing the Red Zone channel I won’t be watching this Sunday. UPDATE: Add Ronny Rivera to the list of ex-Bears having exciting weeks. He just got bumped up to Chargers’ D...

By Matt Loede John Bena from the Mile High Report on tonight’s Broncos-Pats Showdown Russ Loede from Bearsgab on the crazy game between the Vikings and Bears Matt Jergensen from RavensGab on the Ravens win over the Dolphins Jeff Roman from RamsGab on the Rams Upset win over the Cowboys

By Matt Loede Dan Zinski from The Viking Age on the Vikings last second win over the Lions Chris Harris Big Cat Country on the Jags 24-17 victory in Denver over the Broncos Jim Dubenetzky from ChargersGab on the Chargers beating of the Pats Sunday night

By Eric Williams Alexander worked out at the Lions practice facility for the team’s coaching staff, along with former Bears running back Cedric Benson and former Packers running back Vernand Morency. Detroit is reportedly happy with the stable of running backs on the team and is just looking at potentia...

By Kevin Chroust Monday, September 8, 2008 Enjoy, but don't expect too much Bears fans, celebrate this win. Be happy the Bears trounced Peyton Manning and his Super Bowl-contenting Colts. Congratulate Matt Forte on a very solid NFL debut, and thank Kyle Orton for not screwing up or putting the defense in te...

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined 100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league.

At Stake: National Football League Championship Participants: Indianapolis Colts vs. Chicago Bears A: Being the second quarterback to win a Super Bowl for their team B: Running for a touchdown in a Super Bowl D: ;Throwing at least four touchdown passes in their Super Bowl careers

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) It's the week and a half before the Colts and Bears meet in the Super Bowl and the Fool is one lonely guy. No Fantasy Man , no journalism class kids and nothing to bet on . What's a Fool...