Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Feb 8, 2011, 11:30 pm
And not just because he’s got a huge plastic gun. According to John “Moon” Mullin of CSN Chicago, Chester Taylor could be done as a Bear…already. If this is indeed true, Forte will be sharing the load with Garrett Wolfe (if he sticks), Kahlil Bell (if he stays healthy), Harvey Unga (if ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 am
Is it actually possible that Olin Kreutz has played his last game as a Bear? Well, shoot; what am I supposed to do with my AIM moniker “2LiveKreutz” now? For the sake of organization, we’ve broken this preview up into three sections: Bears unrestricted free agents, Bears restricted free a...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 29, 2011, 5:00 pm
Legend has it, if you ever encounter Bill Murray and you’re alone, he could possibly do something entirely fucking weird and mock you and your bewilderment with “No one will ever believe you.” So when Murray allegedly pushed a Packers fan in his back for cheering a play last Sunday, the Pack f...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 29, 2011, 4:00 pm
I mean, just look at that body language; the dead eyes, the crossed-off body, the half frown. Jay Cutler is clearly quitting on his woman. Okay, so now that the dust has settled, I’ve had some time to reflect, and my blood is less boiled and not jam-packed with 1% alcohol, I must add one last
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 25, 2011, 8:45 pm
The amicable and well-mannered Bears head coach is on the verge of receiving a contract extension. Lovie Smith, who has led the Bears to three NFC North titles, two NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl in seven years, will likely re-up in the next few weeks. Smith has caught much flack sin...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 24, 2011, 2:25 am
If you were anything like me, you were probably wondering why Jay Cutler didn’t come back into the NFC Championship game today. If you were like Asante Samuel, you just think he should have shot that problem knee up, Boobie Miles style. Per Eagles cornerback Asante Samuel’s Twitter: “Man ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 22, 2011, 9:00 am
For those of you who were starting to worry that the upcoming Bears-Packers NFC Championship game wasn’t quite receiving its due hype, WBEZ in Chicago brings you legendary NPR broadcaster Carl Kasell reciting the famous “Any Given Sunday” speech. It’s kind of like your grandma quoting 2...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 21, 2011, 11:00 am
From our brilliant friend David Taylor, comes this: Izzy Idonije and Julius Peppers as the iconic WWF tag team Demolition Legends of Doom. Why, of course. Ed. Note: Clearly, our view counter is out of whack, cuz we’d totally have at least 35 views by now.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 20, 2011, 11:45 pm
The Bears host the Packers this Sunday to decide who will play for a sparkly Super Bowl ring. And people just can’t stop talking about it. Could this be the greatest Bears game ever? It’s been 70 years since the two teams last met in the playoffs,  which means they’ve never even played o...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 12, 2011, 11:00 pm
Green Bay’s win over Philly guaranteed that Marshawn Lynch and his beast mode run (you know, the one where he literally carried the Seahawks past the Saints by…uh, literally carrying the Saints through the end zone) would be visiting Chicago on Sunday. I would be worried, if it weren’t for tha...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 7, 2011, 9:00 am
Our friends at ChiCitySports.com want to give YOU, yes, YOU, a free Bears playoff ticket! And all you have to do is order 43 FREE magazines…and then, ideally, forget to opt out a month later. No, actually I’m told it’s far less skeezier than that. Hurry over to ChiCitySports.com to find out ho...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Jan 2, 2011, 6:33 pm
With just a little less than one full quarter remaining, the Bears trail the Pack by a touchdown. Ironically, the Giants really want us to win, while Green Bay’s defense insists on playing like these Giants did in Week Four. To say it’s getting ugly would be a tremendous understatement.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 27, 2010, 8:15 pm
If you’ve ever come to our little outlet of Bears persiflage while trying to find out, once and for all, which Bear banged Lisa Lampanelli, and accidentally stumbled into a page about actual football, you should know that we’re, in no way, homerists. So when I say Les Carpenter is a dick, it’s...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 27, 2010, 12:30 am
I see nothing wrong with pointing one’s shirt collar to the sky, as to offer up a fist bump to the big man upstairs, no matter how douchey YOU may think it is. Because if there is one thing Jay Cutler is not, it’s a douche…Well, if there is one thing Jay Cutler is definitely
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 21, 2010, 1:45 am
Almost too easy to be the return to put Hester over the top and definitely missing Tony Kornheiser repeating how he “doesn’t get it”, but here it is, video after the jump.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 21, 2010, 1:30 am
The Bears defeated the Minnesota Vikings 40-14 to clinch their first division title in four years.  Sadly, Corey Wooton may have prematurely ended Brett Favre’s career in the process, just beating, you know, the next player to have brushed by Favre to the punch. It feels good to have the Bea...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 12, 2010, 6:20 pm
The Bears are trailing New England 36-7 with just over five minutes remaining in the third quarter. At least, Green Bay lossed and I had New England in my confidence pool.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 8, 2010, 10:00 pm
Good thing fans don’t run the show: We’re finicky, emotional, and hold unrealistic expectations. We’re basically a chick after watching 27 Dresses. Case in point, this article discussing Lovie as a Coach of the Year candidate. Lovie Smith for Coach of the Year? Has it really gotten to a p...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 7, 2010, 1:30 am
Yeah, we’re a little late to the game, but does a Lions third-string quarterback randomly busting out “The Dougie” really ever get old? Mind you, they were up 7-0 at this point. Video after the jump.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 5, 2010, 6:30 pm
While he’s well off pace to meet the numbers he recorded last season, when he was mostly unspectacular,  it feels as if Earl Bennett is turning the proverbial corner. It wasn’t really until last week against Philadelphia when we saw further into the scope of what Bennett could do. Whilst h...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Dec 2, 2010, 9:00 am
Seen here, an episode of Glee, in which the main character, or at least some guy who I will assume is the main character, tells the…um, school slut? that he can’t piss off the high school football team’s left guard in fear of getting “sacked more times than Jay Cutler.”
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 28, 2010, 8:20 pm
Wow. This is incredibly sad. A 23-year old Bears fan fell 50 feet to his death from an “upper area” at Soldier field, landing on a roof. Logistics of that? He was transported to the hospital in critical condition around 5 p.m., so the actual fall must have occurred around halftime-early third qu...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 28, 2010, 8:15 pm
Because it seems as relevant of a topic as it will be all year, with the Bears having just beat Vick and the Eagles and all, I check introspectively and ask myself if I’ve forgiven Vick for his, you know, little dog-fighting “shenanigans.” I was almost ready to say “maybe?”, but then ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 28, 2010, 7:45 pm
Michael Vick threw his first INT of the season and the Bears defeated the Eagles in convincing fashion, 31-26.  Here are some other things, also convincing: Earl Bennett played the game of his career, Julius Peppers is clearly half-beast, and Jay Cutler would rather not have taken those last snaps ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 28, 2010, 2:15 pm
It’s simply too hard to ignore the parallels that exist between today’s Bears-Eagles match-up and the Bears-Falcons contest that took place five years ago. In 2005, the Bears were in the midst of a playoff push when the fairly-highly regarded Falcons and Mike Vick came to town. No one was n...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 26, 2010, 12:45 am
About a month ago, we put up a poll to survey you readers and put the fate of Blog Down, Chicago Bears in your capable hands. Well, you have spoken, and it looks like we’re not gonna wither away and die after all! Naturally, now we need your help again. Believe it or not, there are
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 23, 2010, 9:15 pm
Have you voted to send the most deserving NFL’ers to Hawaii yet? Yeah, I’m unaware of such a contest, as well. Luckily, Pro Bowl voting is underway, so you can use your ballot to send your favorite player from your favorite team to Miami instead. As of this afternoon, both Julius Peppers an...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 23, 2010, 7:45 pm
Corey Wootton acted as hype man for band O.A.R. last weekend at the AXE “One Night Only” concert. But only because he apparently thought they opposed Aaron Rodgers…And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the sound of 132 people simultaneously unsubscribing from a blog.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 21, 2010, 12:45 pm
In one word, the new Nike Chicago Bears uniforms are sick. And judging by the aerodynamic design of the helmet, they’ll be perfect for the first NFL game played on the moon. Full-sized pic after the jump. This image was originally said to show the uniform to be worn by the Bears in 2012, when...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 19, 2010, 1:15 am
Midway through the second quarter, with the Bears leading 6-0, Marshall caught a Tyler Thigpen pass, ran for a first down and then flung the ball to Cutler; presumably to keep as a souvenir. Marshall was penalized for taunting and, later, for having weak hamstrings. For those with time to waste, vid...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 19, 2010, 12:45 am
Chicago completed dominated a lame-duck Dolphins squad whose game plan of make-them-beat-our-third-string-quarterback, as one would expect, went infinitely wrong. Miami rarely ran the ball and their puzzling approach was rewarded with a 16-0 defeat. Clearly, best play of the game was Danieal Ma...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 17, 2010, 1:00 pm
Here’s D.J. Moore sporting what I guess is called “the hook”, and so graciously showing it off to ESPN’s First Take. While he likes the attention, he will, however, cut you if you try sticking your finger in what you believed to be the gaping crater in his head. H/T Wheredaliquor
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 16, 2010, 9:30 pm
So, yeah, the Bears won on Sunday…How ’bout that, huh?…Yyyyep… Now that that awkward introduction is behind us, let us scurry through this rushed breakdown: The Bears offense finally found that 50-50 balance versus Minnesota and it paid off. See! Running the ball can be effective, too! ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 11, 2010, 11:15 pm
By most accounts, Brad Childress is kind of a dick and, more or less, the worst human being alive. But more so, he is currently the link, whether perceived or true, between the Vikings and absolute and utter demise. In an article today, Sean Jensen of the Sun-Times takes the opportunity to pile...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 5, 2010, 10:00 am
Since today has clearly turned into “Little Kid Day” at Blog Down, we present you with this precious photograph of one kid dressed in Bears garb being told to bite another kid in Packers gear. At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what’s going on here.
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 5, 2010, 9:00 am
That includes this one residing somewhere deep down in Jay Cutler, seen here at age unknown, back when he was still a Bears fan. Sunday’s game in Toronto is the make-or-break of all games. Not just for this season, but for the respective futures of…um, how about the entire coaching staff, u...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 29, 2010, 8:00 pm
Halloween is on Sunday. What’s really scary is that the Bears could be 4-4 and bearers of three straight losses to very beatable teams if they fall to the suddenly good Ryan Fitzgeraldpatrick and Buffalo next week.  The best scenario this weekend is that Green Bay loses to the Jets and Minne...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 26, 2010, 12:00 pm
Happy Tuesday to you, Bears fans, Bears haters and train wreck enthusiasts. It is Tuesday, so it must be time to dump some links. Be forewarned, though, this feature will likely make it difficult to love again. -Lovie admits he was wrong not to challenge the Jay Cutler should-have-been-TD-but-w...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 24, 2010, 7:00 pm
Thanks to Comcast Sports Chicago, you can clearly see Jay Cutler’s outstretched arms holding the football across the plane. TD. Cutler would “fumble” a split second later and the Bears–having tried their luck to challenge (and losing) the play before–would be left helpless to do anyth...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 24, 2010, 1:00 am
So, will he or won’t he? Get sacked a bajillon times? Suffer a concussion? Be the first Bears’ on-field death since the last of Rex Grossman’s fan support died back in Super Bowl XLI? The Washington Redskins boast the NFL’s 30th-ranked pass defense, but I wouldn’t–for one millisecon...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 23, 2010, 6:45 pm
Barry Turner will likely replace Corey Wootton in the rotation and see a decent amount of playing time tomorrow against Washington. Turner was an undrafted rookie free agent just six months ago. Wootton was a fourth-round pick. One year from now when Jerry Angelo writes his post-career memoirs, I’...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 23, 2010, 6:06 pm
Like Izzy Idonije’s shirt so accurately alludes to, I feel pressure. A mounting pressure to either keep up this blog as it turns closer to three years old or to ditch the blog and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Now don’t get me wrong, you six people ultimately reading this: I love this fu...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 20, 2010, 8:30 pm

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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 14, 2010, 4:30 am
Like the Undertaker several times in his career, and Matt and Shea, I too have decided to return from the dead. I started school(in Wisconsin…BOOOOO) and for some reason, this semester my professors expect me to read stuff and do homework or something like that. Weird concept..but I digress: the B...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 6, 2010, 11:15 am
Hey, I think Cutler, Collins, Haine just got sacked again. Seriously folks, because I probably won’t have an opportunity to say this ever again (because Favre will definitely walk away from the game after the season, for realz) I feel I must address this now, How ball-crushingly awesome is i...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 29, 2010, 3:00 pm
Like Joaquin Phoenix, I’m still here. Inspired by the commitment of Matt Phillip, I introduce a short, three-part series speaking on, more or less, what to make of these Bears thus far. …because Dywane Wade now only associates with winners. And after three weeks into the NFL season, Cutler is t...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 29, 2010, 10:30 am
The Bears have moved up to #6 on ESPN’s NFL power rankings. Very nice! I’ve also heard sports radio talk shows say that the Bears aren’t ‘for real’. Whatever. Since 1990, 75% of  teams in the NFL to start 3-0 make the playoffs. I like those odds, analysis be damned! Speaking of which, aft...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 28, 2010, 10:35 am
And just like that, we’re 3-0. It certainly wasn’t pretty and we most definitely got a bunch of help from the Packers ( AHEM, 18 penalties) but we squeaked out a win. After convincing myself that we would be 1-2 after three games, as recently as a month ago, I am having trouble wrapping my head
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 23, 2010, 10:30 am
If you haven’t already you owe it to yourselves to take a quick peek at this glowing piece written by Kevin Seifert of ESPN. Among it’s highlights: Cutler being the highest rated passer in the league, (121.2…Good Jay; Jay is our quarterback) and Bears D only allowing 42 rushing yards per game....
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 21, 2010, 12:30 pm
Well, we’re officially in Bears/Packers mode and that means delicious schadenfreude about those Fudge Packers from Wisconsin. It appears that starting left tackle Chad Clifton is a bit gimpy these days. His status for the Monday night game is in question which is excellent since Clifton would dr...
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