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Bears have just the blitz for third-and-7 plus situations
The Bears have taken an aggressive approach to their defensive game plan this season in showing pressure in third-and-7-plus situations. Sunday in Nashville, the Bears can use pre-snap disguises to create confusion in the Titans' protection schemes and...
Tags: Sports, D.J. Moore, Chris Conte, Charles Tillman, Matt Hasselbeck
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The 10 most important Bears for 2012
As we continue to peel away the calendar pages — only 12 days left — until the Bears arrive in Bourbonnais, the assignment is determining the 10 most important players in 2012. Let's first establish the criteria for "important." To me, it...
Tags: Minnesota Vikings, National Football Conference, Sports, Jonathan Wilhite, Miami Dolphins
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Angelo deserves some credit for Bears' success
Contrary to the convenient but lazy local narrative being retold all week, Bears 2008 first-round draft bust Chris Williams didn't get former general manager Jerry Angelo fired. Not as much as Caleb Hanie did. If Hanie had played as well replacing Jay...
Tags: National Football Conference, Indianapolis Colts, Sports, NFL Pro Bowl, Marty Booker
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Special teams key to Bears' blowout
The Bears were facing one of the best special teams units in the NFL on Sunday, but special teams played a significant role in the Bears' victory. On the blocked punt that Corey Wootton returned for a touchdown, the Bears surprised the Titans by sending...Tags: Colin McCarthy, Jordan Babineaux, Nate Collins, Sports, Matt Hasselbeck
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Bears not shoddy in sack department
Sacks have been the source of much consternation at Halas Hall this season. But they also have been the source of much consternation in the offices of every Bears opponent. It hasn't gotten much airtime, but the Bears can give nearly as good as they...
Tags: Shea McClellin, Sports, Football, Chicago Bears, Rod Marinelli
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Bears defensive coordinator isn't one to crow
When the Lions and their fans look at how dominating the Bears defense and its scheme has been, they have to think, "That should have been us." In 2006, Matt Millen hired Rod Marinelli as head coach of the Lions. Then in 2008, the Lions became the...
Tags: Brandon Marshall, Minnesota Vikings, Sports, Charles Tillman, Jay Cutler
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Bears, Tillman deliver knockout
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Somehow it was perfect that the number the Bears put on the scoreboard was the same as the one they retired in honor of Dick Butkus, the linebacker celebrated as the most feared man in football during his Hall of Fame career. A...
Tags: Devin Hester, Sports, Matt Hasselbeck, Houston Texans, Tennessee Titans
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Bears' offensive line passes big test
Going into Bears versus Texans, many thought the most important game within the game was the Bears offensive line against the Texans' pass rush. Well, a review of the tape shows the Bears won that battle convincingly but still lost the war. Give...
Tags: Arian Foster, Andre Johnson, Sports, Houston Texans, Earl Bennett
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Bears pick off Cowboys 34-18, improve to 3-1
ARLINGTON, Texas — A national television audience got a good glimpse of the stout defense and volatile yet improving offense that has defined the first quarter of the Bears season. The defense intercepted Tony Romo five times — with Charles...
Tags: National Football Conference, Minnesota Vikings, Indianapolis Colts, Tony Romo, Sports
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Losing Tillman wouldn't be biggest loss for Bears defense
Coming off a game in which he forced an incredible four fumbles, Charles Tillman’s absence Sunday night against Houston would be a big loss -- bigger still considering he has forced seven fumbles in eight games and returned two interceptions for...
Tags: Calvin Johnson, Brandon Marshall, Sports, Charles Tillman, Houston Texans
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Turnovers setting table for Bears success
You could make the argument that every one of us is in a race against time, but it might be a little more difficult to sustain that view of the Bears defense these days. From aging and slowing to experienced and eminent, the revival of the franchise's...
Tags: Minnesota Vikings, Sports, Lance Briggs, Detroit Lions, NFC North
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No silver lining for Bears
The 49ers defeated the Bears every way a team can be beaten Monday night — power, speed and thought. Almost no one on the team did his job well enough for the Bears to win. Three aspects of the 49ers' victory stood out upon closer inspection....
Tags: Mario Manningham, Sports, Chris Culliver, Matt Spaeth, Ahmad Brooks
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