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Prior to 2020 season Mustipher spent his rookie year on the Bears practice squad in 2019. 2020 season For the second straight year, Mustipher was waived during final cuts and signed to the practice squad the next day. He was promoted to the active roster Oct. 14 after James Daniels...

Former Bears kicker Roger LeClerc, a member of the 1963 NFL championship team, passed away Thursday at the age of 84. LeClerc was selected by the Bears in the 15th round of the 1959 draft out of Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. He spent the first seven seasons of his eight-year NFL career...

Wondering about a player, a past game or another issue involving the Bears? Senior writer Larry Mayer answers a variety of questions from fans on ChicagoBears.com. We all heard that Khalil Mack was playing through an injury this year. Have the Bears disclosed what the injury was? Jason N...

Now that all picks involved in the blockbuster trade have been used, the trade became a seven-player swap in which the Bears received Mack, Kmet and offensive lineman Arlington Hambright. The Raiders received running back Josh Jacobs, receiver Bryan Edwards and cornerbacks Damon Arnette and...

The Bears on Friday promoted Sean Desai from safeties coach to defensive coordinator. The 37-year-old replaces Chuck Pagano, who announced his retirement Jan. 13 after 36 years in coaching. Desai was originally hired by the Bears in 2013 and is the only remaining holdover from former coach...

In his final year at Georgia, Smith was voted first-team All-American, won the Butkus Award as the nation's best linebacker and was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year. He was also a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award, both of which are presented to the country's...

The Bears had already made two selections in the fifth round: Tulsa linebacker Trevis Gipson and Georgia Southern cornerback Kindle Vildor. However, the team decided to return one of the picks they had received from the Eagles the year before—in a trade for running back Jordan Howard—to select...

Wondering about a player, a past game or another issue involving the Bears? Senior writer Larry Mayer answers a variety of questions from fans on ChicagoBears.com. What picks do the Bears have in the 2021 NFL Draft? Larry E. Gering, Nebraska The Bears have five of their seven picks in the...

Patterson took a larger role in the Bears offense in 2020, tripling his touches from 2019 after spending more time as a running back. However, Patterson was able to maintain his production as a kick returner, leading the league in kickoff return yardage (1,017) and finishing second in average...

The Bears dealt the No. 87 pick and selections in the fifth round in 2019 (No. 162) and fourth round in 2020 to the Patriots in exchange for the No. 73 pick and a sixth-round selection (No. 205). New England chose running back Damien Harris at No. 87 and traded the 2020 fourth-round pick to the...

Asia W. - Ogden International School Asia was nominated by Target Area, an organization with which she has volunteered since she was eight years old. She has helped Target Area by surveying, phone-banking, distributing flyers and doing street-corner outreach. She has also written for the...

Some of the most powerful messages that civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered throughout his illustrious life were about love. A Baptist minister and activist who advanced civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience, King felt that love is the greatest force in the...

The Bears on Friday signed receivers Reggie Davis and Jester Weah to reserve/future contracts. Davis played with Bears receivers Javon Wims and Riley Ridley at the University of Georgia and spent time with the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys between...

Wondering about a player, a past game or another issue involving the Bears? Senior writer Larry Mayer answers a variety of questions from fans on ChicagoBears.com. Which Bears players are due to become free agents? Ross D. Waukegan, Illinois The following is a complete list of Bears players...

Pagano inherited a defense that permitted the fewest points in the NFL (17.7 per game) and ranked third in yards (299.7) in 2018. In two seasons under Pagano, the Bears defense ranked fourth in the NFL in points allowed (18.6 per game) and eighth in yards (324.1) in 2019 and 13th in points...

Nagy took a wide view of his coaching tenure, acknowledging that the Bears have not yet reached their ultimate goal of winning a Super Bowl during his three-year tenure. He could, however, point to some successes while acknowledging the challenging road ahead. "Big picture, I'm proud of our...

Chuck Pagano is retiring after two seasons as Bears defensive coordinator and nearly four decades as a coach at the NFL and collegiate levels. Before joining the Bears in 2019, Pagano served as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts for six seasons from 2012-17. He retires at the age of 60 after...

On the decision to retain general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy: McCaskey: "My approach to an evaluation process is to take an individual's body of work, and based on that body of work—not on any one decision or any one game or any one season—say, 'Does that merit continuing with that...

McCaskey closed his opening statement with a message to Bears fans, saying: "We understand your frustration. We're frustrated, too. And it would be a perfectly natural reaction to say, 'Back up the truck, major overhaul,' whatever you want to call it. After one particularly dispiriting loss this...

The Bears on Monday signed the following players to reserve/future contracts: • Receiver Rodney Adams • Defensive back Marqui Christian • Defensive back Xavier Crawford • Offensive lineman Dieter Eiselen • Tight end Jesper Horsted • Receiver Thomas Ives • Defensive tackle LaCale...