Author Archives: Tom Shannon

Bears Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune answers your questions: Why is everyone obsessed with Ted Phillips’ role in the organizational structure? For every team, the top football person is evaluated by a non-football person (often the owner). What would … Continue reading →

Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk comments on the inclusion of Jared Goff in the Rams trade for Matthew Stafford. The Rams also sent a 2021 third round draft pick along with first rounders in 2022 and 2023 to the … Continue reading →

Mark Potash at the Chicago Sun-Times fantasizes about the possibility of the Houston Texans trading quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Bears: [I]f the Texans don’t want to trade Watson to an AFC team, the Bears would be a contender. In … Continue reading →

Defense The Bears were occasionally packing the box whenever they thought Alvin Kamara was going to run. I don’t think they had much choice, really, and they couldn’t afford to do it too often. And frankly, it didn’t help that … Continue reading →

Offense The key to this game for the Bears offense was what it should always be. Run the ball successfully. The Packers weren’t packing the box with players to stop it early on. That isn’t really surprising. It isn’t Green … Continue reading →

Bears Dan Wiederer at the Chicago Tribune quotes Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky after reviewing the game tape from last Sunday’s victory over the Vikings: “Our confidence is way up from earlier in the season when it just seemed like we … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune give 10 thoughts after the Bears victory over the Vikings Sunday. I thought the 7th was interesting: 7. The Bears might have limited options in free agency. With the end of the season near … Continue reading →

Brad Biggs at the Chicago Tribune answers your questions: Is there any way that Mitch Trubisky plays himself back into the Bears’ 2021 plans? I imagine he’d prefer one last shot at being a starter to being someone’s backup. How … Continue reading →

Offense The Vikings initially kept their players close to the line of scrimmage, obviously worried more about the run and the short pass than anything that the Bears wide receivers could do deep against them. It looked from the start … Continue reading →

Sorry these are late. Somebody tried to hack into my account and WordPress shut me down yesterday. Defense The Bears did a pretty good job of stopping the run in this game (4.0 yards per carry). They’ve done well the … Continue reading →