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Hanie has ability to make most of opportunity
A chance encounter in his hometown of Dallas before Super Bowl XLV put Caleb Hanie in front of Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway.
A bit awestruck, the suddenly relevant Bears quarterback listened as Elway offered words of encouragement for Hanie's play...Tags: Tim Tebow, Carson Palmer, Seattle Seahawks, Brett Favre, Kansas City Chiefs
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Hot prospect days behind him, Trestman's time finally has come
We can wonder if Marc Trestman can be a dynamic leader of one of this league's founding franchises in the country's second-largest NFL market. We can question if he will get through to Jay Cutler. We can ask if doing whatever he did to make Canadian...Tags: National Football League, Mike McCoy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jon Gruden, Arizona Cardinals
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New defensive coordinator surprisingly selling continuity
New coaches sell change the way politicians sell hope. It is their snake oil, and they often find desperate customers in their teams' executive offices as well as in the stands of the stadiums they call home. It is what new coaches do because that's...
Tags: Lance Briggs, Mike Tice, Lovie Smith, Football, Brian Urlacher
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3 R's for Cutler: Respectable, reasonable, responsible
In 143 starts over 12 NFL seasons, former Bears right tackle James "Big Cat'' Williams never saw anything like it. When Williams witnessed Bears quarterback Jay Cutler bump left tackle J'Marcus Webb during a sideline rant in Thursday night's 23-10...
Tags: National Football League, Roberto Garza, National Football Conference, NFL Network (tv network), Mike Tice
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Utilizing tight end should expand Bears' opportunities
BOURBONNAIS — Create matchups. Work the ball inside of numbers. Target the inside vertical seams. Those are some of the opportunities you have in the passing game when the tight end plays a role in the game plan. This Bears offense has a new...
Tags: National Football League, Career and Workplace, Mike Tice, Kellen Davis, Football
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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: Greg Jennings, Matt Forte, Calvin Johnson, Lovie Smith, Minnesota Vikings
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Carimi key to keeping Cutler upright
Contrary to prevailing thought, the Bears offensive tackle who represents the key to protecting Jay Cutler this season does not write poetry. He tells story problems. "We had an all-out blitz,'' Gabe Carimi recalled Monday of a play against the...
Tags: National Football League, New York Giants, Gabe Carimi, MetLife Stadium, Mike Tice
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Rodgers wins QB duel over Cutler
When Aaron Rodgers embraced Jay Cutler near the 50-yard line at 10:44 p.m. Monday night, he must have been wondering why he was congratulating Cutler instead of it being the other way around. Rodgers had outdueled his counterpart from south of the...Tags: Greg Jennings, Chad Clifton, Chicago Bears, Greg Olsen, Lovie Smith
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Jeffery still learning the tricks of the trade
When the Packers effectively took away Brandon Marshall last week, Plan B was big rookie Alshon Jeffery. Jay Cutler threw to Jeffery nine times, including in the end zone from the 1-yard line on fourth down. The Bears didn't have a single completion...
Tags: National Football League, Kyle Orton, Arizona Cardinals, Mike Tice, Lovie Smith
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Tice's Bears offense likely to resemble 2002-05 Vikings
If you want to know what Mike Tice's Bears offense will look like in the fall, it isn't a crystal ball you need. It's a time machine. Set at 2003 or so. From 2002 to 2005, Tice was head coach of the Vikings. He didn't coordinate the offense or call...
Tags: National Football League, Career and Workplace, NFL Pro Bowl, Matt Forte, Daunte Culpepper
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Trestman's big problem: Cutler isn't the only big problem
Is Marc Trestman the right guy to coach the Bears? Who knows? I mean, the Bears still don’t know if Emery is the right guy to be general manager, especially after the Bears retarded Emery’s plan by forcing him to keep Lovie Smith as coach....
Tags: National Football League, NFL Pro Bowl, Jon Gruden, Scott Mitchell, Oakland Raiders
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Selling Cutler on Trestman's offense
Interesting sales job for Phil Emery: The head coach chosen by the general manager to lead the Chicago Bears into the modern NFL hasn’t coached in the modern NFL for eight seasons Interesting sales job for Marc Trestman: Convincing Jay Cutler that...
Tags: National Football League, Joe Montana, Soldier Field, Matt Forte, Mike Tice
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