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Biggest Bears studs over course of 2023 season
From the preseason through Week 18, we broke down the best players and worst performers after each and every Bears game. There were falls from grace and zero to hero storylines. Unexpected contributors emerged. Each week brought a new batch of impact players, both good and bad. Now that the regular season has been over for nearly a month and…
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Free agent centers Bears should target
PFF’s Brad Spielberger joins Leila Rahimi on Football Night in Chicago to talk about centers the Bears should pursue in free agency
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Bears share bittersweet feelings knowing they're on right track, but change coming
The Bears were riding high into Lambeau Field on Sunday. They had put the horrendous 0-4 start to the season behind them. They were playing better football and making fewer mistakes, and that translated to a 3-1 record in December. The Bears were ready to make a statement against their bitter rivals and ride the momentum into the offseason. But…
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Moore reflects on 1st season with Bears
DJ Moore finished his first season with the Bears with 96 receptions, 1,364 receiving yards and 8 receiving touchdowns. During locker cleanout, Moore talked about what his first season with the Bears was like
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Cairo Santos earns massive incentive money for elite field goal efficiency
Cairo Santos cashed in big with a $500,000 bonus his contract yielded for kicking over 90% this season. Officially, Santos kicked 35 successful field goals this season from 38 attempts. That’s kicking at a 92% clip, earning him half a million dollars in incentives. Santos came into the Bears’ final game against the Packers kicking 32-of-35 on the season. He…
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Kevin Warren: Bears will have answers on new stadium in ‘next couple months'
Bears President Kevin Warren says the plan for a new stadium should have some finalized decisions in the coming months
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Hightower explains emotions he felt when Bears re-signed Cairo Santos
The Bears signed kicker Cairo Santos to a four-year extension in December. Richard Hightower talked about the emotions he felt when he found out Santos signed an extension
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Cairo Santos prioritizes Bears over money in recent contract decision
Recently, the Bears and kicker Cairo Santos agreed to an extension to keep the Brazil native in Chicago, inking him to a four-year contract worth $16 million. The contract is a $1 million annual raise from his previous contract with the Bears (three years, $9 million) plus $9.5 million guaranteed. But that contract doesn’t compete in the top-10 kicking contracts…
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Dave Wannstedt breaks down Bears' win against Cardinals: ‘Nothing pretty about it'
Former Bears head coach Dave Wannstedt joins NBC 5 to break down the Bears’ win against the Cardinals. He reveals the one thing he thinks will determine if the team keeps Justin Fields or if they will draft a new quarterback
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Bears to sign kicker Cairo Santos to 4-year extension
In the midst of yet another excellent campaign in his fourth season in Chicago, the Bears are rewarding the most accurate kicker in franchise history with a four-year contract extension, NBC Sports Chicago’s Josh Schrock confirms.
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Eberflus points to injuries, lack of continuity as source of sluggish run game
Bears HC Matt Eberflus talks about losing each of the Bears’ running backs to injury at one point or another this season
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Soldier Field ‘saved my career': How Cairo Santos got back on track in Chicago
Four years into his Bears career, it’s easy to take Cairo Santos’ reliability for granted. It’s easy to forget the string of so-so kickers who couldn’t be counted upon to come through in the biggest moments. After the team cut Robbie Gould in 2016, they had Connor Barth and his sub-75% hit rate, Eddy Pineiro and his hot-and-cold streaks,...
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Vocal support from teammates means a lot, says Fields
With NFL draft conjecture swirling in the media, multiple Bears teammates have come out in support of Justin Fields as their quarterback
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Why Matt Eberflus didn't try FG and end of first half
When a team blows a 10-point fourth-quarter lead, there are going to be several moments that get scrutinized in the loss. Robert Tonyan’s dropped pass in the first quarter comes to mind. Darnell Mooney’s opportunity on the final Hail Mary will be replayed all week. But one decision that had social media raving in the moment was Bears head...
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Why Alex Brown would have liked to see Cairo Santos try for FG at end of 2nd half
On the Football Aftershow, after the Bears’ loss over the Browns, Ruthie Polinsky, Dave Wannstedt, Alex Brown and Lance Briggs recap the game. Brown talks about why he would have liked to see Cairo Santos try to kick a field goal at the end of the second half
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Why Cairo Santos is thrilled for NFL to come to Brazil
Cairo Santos really wants the chance to play football when the NFL goes to Brazil next year. The league announced on Wednesday that its first game in South America will be played at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo, just an hour and a half away from the city where Santos was born. Per the NFL’s Global Markets Program, the...
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How Bears plan to adjust defense in Yannick Ngakoue's absence
Matt Eberflus announced Yannick Ngakoue will miss the remainder of the season with a broken ankle. Eberflus talked about how they plan on adjusting the defense in his absence
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Bears player wins NFC award for outstanding play in November
Cairo Santos won the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month award for his stellar play in November. The Bears kicker hit 12 of his 14 field goal attempts and was a perfect 5-5 on his point-after tries. He also made all three of his kicks from 50 yards out or more, including tying his career high with a 55-yarder….
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Bears pick up 4th win of season, 1st NFC North win in over 2 years
The Bears beat the Vikings 12-10 on Monday night, picking up their four win of the season and their first NFC North win since November 25, 2021
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Bears just did something no NFL team has done in over 50 years
The Bears were on the right side of NFL history this time after escaping with a Monday Night Football win against the Minnesota Vikings.