Normally pre-season NFL games do not spark much interest beyond die hard fans, bettors, and player personnel directors. Both of the Chicago Bears 2021 exhibition games have had hype normally reserved for regular season contests. The first game was the professional debut of first round draft pick Justin Fields. Saturday's second game was the return to Soldier Field of Mitch … [Read more...] about Mitch Trubisky Returns to Soldier Field with Buffalo Bills
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2021 Chicago Bears Preseason Game 1 Reaction
Expectations were naturally elevated, since this was going to be the debut of top pick Justin Fields, a player on whom many fans are heaping hopes of getting this team back into the upper echelon of the NFL elite. That is an awful lot of hype and setting the bar at a very elevated level. Presumptive starter Andy Dalton played the first two series, completing two passes for … [Read more...] about 2021 Chicago Bears Preseason Game 1 Reaction
Chicago Bears Training Camp #1
The Bears chose to pull up stakes at Olivet Nazarene College in Bourbonnais after the 2019 season. They had no idea that a pandemic would get between their efforts to set up shop at Halas Hall. The players, staff, and media certainly enjoy the change of venue. Perhaps the fans from the southern part of Chicagoland weren't in favor of the new location. But the Bears have a … [Read more...] about Chicago Bears Training Camp #1