Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 9, 2009, 7:00 pm
The 49ers have lost four in a row after starting 3-1; sounds like a great fit for our inept Bears, in what should be an exercise in futility for the season opener of Thursday night prime time games. I...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 9, 2009, 11:15 am
For those who have been with us since June, remember this? Wow, who’d have thought my ‘prediction’ would have been essentially spot on. I guess the only thing to wonder about is if A...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 8, 2009, 5:55 pm
Sixty-five seconds into today’s 41-21 drubbing courtesy of Arizona, Tommie Harris decided the best way to right his increasingly uncertain situation in Chicago was to punch a man in the face. Th...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 8, 2009, 3:15 pm
If only Matt Leinart would have played quarterback for the entire game today, the Bears secondary would have set a league record with 12 interceptions. But, no, Ken Whisenhunt had to get all worriedli...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 6, 2009, 2:00 pm
The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend. Ah, Bears vs. Cardinals this Sunday. Not only does it hold serious implications f...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 6, 2009, 1:00 am
Clearly, the most rewarding part of penning a post entitled “The Rise And Fall Of Nate Vasher” would be seeing resiliency rewarded. And with that: just when you thought it was safe to writ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 5, 2009, 4:45 pm
John Tait turned away $4.8 million, and the final year of his six-year contract signed in 2004, to retire before this season started. Sigh. Apparently, the ankles could take no more. Double sigh. Now,...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 4, 2009, 3:00 pm
Fans and sports writers may no longer be appreciative of his phlegmatic ways, but Lovie Smith’s players seem to like it. From the Tribune: “Smith’s monotone, sleep-inducing responses...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 1, 2009, 11:15 pm
That’s Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, who was visibly annoyed by Jay Cutler’s inability to make his defense look worse, after a fourth-and-goal incompletion. Cutler had to be held...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 1, 2009, 8:45 pm
The best thing about beating a team like the Cleveland Browns is getting to wipe the arrogant, holier-than-thou smirk off all of their faces; showing everybody that even the little guy can win for onc...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Nov 1, 2009, 6:00 pm
And let the Brett Favre love affair continue. Walking–albeit, a little slower than he used to–into the place that he built, Favre threw four touchdowns in a Vikings 38-26 win over Green Ba...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 30, 2009, 1:45 pm
The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend. To write of your aversion to Ron Turner’s historically uninspired, and ofte...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 30, 2009, 1:00 pm
In the aesthetic words of one Mike Jones: back then they didn’t want him; now he’s hot, they, uh, probably would want him. Back in February, the Bears were in the enviable position of havi...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 29, 2009, 6:30 pm
Remember all those highly-gifted football players that, at one time or another, were on a Bears roster, only to be plagued with stupid reoccurring injuries and never be heard from again? Well, it turn...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 29, 2009, 12:30 am
Despite the last two steaming piles the Bears have laid down, the division is still very much in reach if Aaron Rodgers and company can beat Minnesota this weekend. I’m of course assuming one th...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 27, 2009, 8:00 pm
Give a guy a four-year, $40 million dollar contract extension and you expect some things. Not part of those expectations: routinely missing one practice a week, chronic knee problems, sliding producti...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 27, 2009, 1:40 pm
Contrary to popular belief, I am not going to go off on a rant that the Bears season is in the toilet and they are only going to win two games the rest of the year. Numerous others writers have alread...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 26, 2009, 9:45 pm
Sean Sullivan was merely once just a frequent commenter before joining Blog Down. See people, dreams do come true. Truth be told, without a few timely missed field goals by the Steelers and Seahawks,...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 25, 2009, 5:07 pm
Put down that cigar, sir, for there will be no celebration tonight. As of this post, there is 12:56 left to play in the third quarter and the Bears are currently trying to figure out which play they&#...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 23, 2009, 10:00 pm
The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend. Because it seems like the most appropriate way to end my second day (and first we...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 23, 2009, 8:00 am
Last Sunday, the Bears defense struggled once Atlanta went into a no-huddle offense with some players admitting to not getting the calls in on time. Sigh. If only Nick Roach could talk more clearly an...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 22, 2009, 7:30 pm
It isn’t so much his role in the underachieving three-year stint he spent in Chicago that Cedric Benson chooses to focus on. Nope, instead it’s what everyone else did to purposely ruin his...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 20, 2009, 8:30 pm
Update: Sullivan and I share a brain, at least on this subject. So reread the post for his thoughts on this as well. Who didn’t see this coming? And who doesn’t find this terribly annoyin...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Oct 15, 2009, 1:45 pm
Sean Sullivan was merely once just a frequent commenter before joining Blog Down. See people, dreams do come true. In life it’s important to be honest with oneself. The fact is you probably wer...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 25, 2009, 10:45 am
TJ Houshmandzadeh is a bit bitter over not being sought after by the Bears this off-season, so he totally pwned the Bears yesterday by talking ’smack’ to the Bears secondary. The Chicago T...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 23, 2009, 8:30 am
It’s extremely refreshing to see that through the first two games that our front four are doing something that has been absent since the second half of the 2006 season. Pressure the quarterback....
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 21, 2009, 9:30 am
Well that sure was a nice end to the weekend huh? I mean after the first quarter did it not look like Pittsburgh would just rick roll us all game long? I remember turning to my brother right before Pe...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 17, 2009, 10:15 am
Could a new catchphrase be forthcoming from Lovie this season?? As Bears fans are well aware, over the past few seasons, we have heard Lovie say “Rex is our quarterback” or “Kyle is ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 15, 2009, 1:39 pm
Yeah not so much. With Urlacher out and the Bears desperate for added depth at linebacker, the Bears signed Tim Shaw yesterday. Apparently he is going to play special teams immediately which of course...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 14, 2009, 2:15 pm
Well before we get into the synopsis from last night game and today’s injury fallout. I would like to preface this by saying that I had one of the worst Friday night’s in the history of an...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 11, 2009, 3:30 pm
GO WATCH FOOTBALL. Your ass should be on your couch all day Saturday when the little boys play and it shouldn’t move on Sunday at all. The only place that is acceptable to go is the bar to watch...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 10, 2009, 5:15 pm
To our three faithful readers, I, Matt Phillip, have assumed total and complete control of this blog because I have beaten Shea to death with a red hot tire iron because Shea’s broke-ass laptop ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 10, 2009, 12:00 pm
So the papers in Milwaukee have already started the mudslinging that will no doubt reach fever pitch by Sunday night.  Oh No they didn’t!! (wags index finger) Oh yes they did. Of course they ha...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 8, 2009, 10:00 pm
Wow, what crawled up Rick Morrissey’s ass? In his column today Morrissey paints a gloomy picture for the Bears upcoming season. He boldly states that having Cutler at QB is good for one more win...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 8, 2009, 1:15 pm
So as you may have heard Peanut Tillman practiced for the first time with the team since his back surgery. It is still unknown whether or not he’ll play in Green Bay Sunday night. With four of t...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 4, 2009, 9:30 pm
The world is coming to an end. No, not really, but the decision to once again cut Brandon Rideau goes to show what we already knew: the Bears don’t know anything about wide receivers. The Bear...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 4, 2009, 6:00 am
The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend. Already in the unenviable position of being an undrafted rookie playing an overcr...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 3, 2009, 3:45 pm
Don Delco of Browns blog, No Logo Needed, provides us with some pregame mini-analysis before tonight’s game (7 p.m. CST/FOX). Conversely, our effort can be read over there. Three preseason game...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 2, 2009, 5:00 pm
Obviously, the plethora of existing injured Chicago Bears cornerbacks can not be the fault of the Chicago Bears (debatable: Zack Bowman). Luckily, they can control what players they add to the M.A.S.H...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 2, 2009, 1:45 pm
September 5 is the deadline for all NFL teams to reach their final 53-man roster and some guys are more aware of this than others. Take receiver Devin Aromashodu for instance. He’s not relying o...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 2, 2009, 12:15 pm
Good news Bears fans!!!! Jerry Angelo pulled out the checkbook and signed……….Rod Hood to a one year deal. Arizona released Hood after signing Bryant McFadden away from Pittsburgh and...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 1, 2009, 8:45 am
Any other Bears fans amped that Hester showed shades of his 2006 form in Denver this past weekend? It wasn’t any of this catch the ball, then run backwards five yards. No, it was catch the ball,...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Sep 1, 2009, 7:30 am
Remember that one time when we laughed and mocked Kyle Orton as he showed a trickle of blood on his right index finger to a not-so-worried Broncos staff? Well, about that: It appears to have been an o...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 30, 2009, 11:30 pm
Me: Denver Broncos fans do not appreciate Jay Cutler. You: How unappreciative are they? Me: They’re so unappreciative, their insistence on vehemently booing and stomping their feet every time C...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 28, 2009, 6:00 pm
The last post of the week: something to ponder as you await the certain couch slouch and booze binge of this weekend. You can bet “Barrel Man” won’t be the only one watching this Su...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 28, 2009, 5:30 pm
National Football Post’s Michael Lombardi is getting all Nick-Nolte-and-Shaq-movie on us, and putting his finger on who, in his view, are the “blue-chip” players for every NFL team. ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 28, 2009, 3:15 pm
As news broke today that Dusty Dvoracek will, indeed, miss the entire 2009 season with a torn ACL, The Football Outsiders make an interesting observation: Dvoracek is the most injured player of the de...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 27, 2009, 9:45 pm
Aww, snaps! Devin Hester is preparing to return punts, something he’ll do starting this Sunday night versus Denver. He used to be pretty good if I remember …
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 25, 2009, 6:45 pm
Who is Marco Scola and what is bleacherreport.com? Why this matters is because of this, an article claiming that a source of Scola’s has inside information on an existing Bears offer to 37-year ...
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Shea J. posted an article on Blog Down, Chicago Bears - Aug 25, 2009, 4:10 pm
UPDATE: Neither of the three players are suspects. NFL twins Daniel and Josh Bullocks (obviously, no longer a Saint) do everything together. And, when they add Chiefs linebacker Demorrio Williams to ...
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