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(2) Lazor has maximized the performances of the quarterbacks he's coached, including Nick Foles, Ryan Tannehill and Andy Dalton. As Eagles quarterbacks coach in 2013, Lazor helped Foles have the best season of his NFL career, passing for 2,891 yards with 27 touchdowns, two interceptions and a...

Lewis played the last two seasons at LSU after transferring from Mississippi Community College. He started all 27 games at right guard, including all 14 in 2019 when the Tigers won the national championship. The 6-3, 332-pounder was named first-team All-America by The Athletic and was part of an...

The Bears on Saturday re-signed linebacker Devante Bond to a one-year contract. The 6-1, 236-pounder originally joined the team last Dec. 9 and played in the final three games of the season. Bond was selected by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2016 draft out of Oklahoma. After...

(2) Castillo enjoyed extending his playing career in the USFL in 1984-85 and used the experience with the Gunslingers to prepare for his coaching career. "I was an overachiever," Castillo said. "For me, it was a great experience. I wasn't good enough to play in the NFL, but I was in San...

The Bears on Thursday signed veteran tight end Demetrius Harris to a one-year contract. Harris, 28, has appeared in 86 NFL games with 39 starts in six seasons with the Chiefs (2014-18) and Browns (2019), catching 72 passes for 754 yards and nine touchdowns. The 6-7, 230-pounder entered the...

(2) One of the most memorable aspects from the Eagles' Super Bowl run for DeFilippo was how the team overcame adversity. "You don't remember the game as much as you remember the process of getting to the game," DeFilippo said. "The bond between coaches, the bond between players, the bond...

Last season Amukamara started 15 games for the second straight year, compiling 53 tackles, 10 pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery for a defense that ranked fourth in the NFL in points allowed (18.6 per game) and eighth in total yards (324.1). Prior to joining the Bears in...

When was the last time the NFL increased the number of games it plays in a season? I can't remember a time the season wasn't 16 games. Danny T. Schaumburg, Illinois You probably can't remember a pre-16-game schedule because you're a lot younger than me! The NFL switched from 14 to 16 games in...

The instrumental role that George Halas played to help create the NFL has been well-documented. Less known is that Papa Bear was also a pioneer in the first professional basketball league in the United States. Halas founded the Chicago Bruins in 1924 and they joined the American Basketball...

(2) Barone possesses a ton of postseason experience. The Broncos made the playoffs in five of his eight seasons with the team from 2009-16, winning two AFC championships. After losing the Super Bowl to the Seahawks in 2013, Denver beat the Panthers in the Super Bowl in 2015. "It's a rare...

The discussion of rule changes has dominated the sports discourse over the past few days. Last Sunday, the NBA debuted a new scoring format for the All-Star game, turning each quarter into a separate, winnable competition, then creating a target score (the leading team's three-quarter total...

Covert immediately called his wife and his mother, and then after the news became public a short time later, his cell phone blew up with calls and text messages from hundreds of relatives, friends and former teammates. Covert didn't really grasp the magnitude of the life-changing news...

Jones played just three seasons with the Bears, but he was highly productive, leading the team in rushing with 948 yards in 2004, 1,335 in 2005 and 1,210 in 2006. The only other Bears players who have rushed for at least 1,200 yards in two seasons are Walter Payton and Matt Forte. Fan ranking...

The Bears on Monday released a list of important offseason dates, highlighted by two minicamps and 10 OTA practices. The NFL Scouting Combine will be held Feb. 24-March 1 in Indianapolis. Bears general manager Ryan Pace and coach Matt Nagy are scheduled to speak to the media on Tuesday, Feb...

When Tarik Cohen visited participants in READI Chicago's program in April, he felt an instant familiarity with the men he met. The men told Cohen about the issues they faced in Chicago, their recruitment into the READI program, and their reasons for meeting at a Catholic Church in North...

(2) While Dan Hampton was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002, Steve McMichael hasn't garnered any Hall of Fame consideration despite recording 35.5 more career sacks than Hampton while with the Bears. The two defensive linemen fed off each other, anchoring dominant defenses...

Jones played just three seasons with the Bears, but he was highly productive, leading the team in rushing with 948 yards in 2004, 1,335 in 2005 and 1,210 in 2006. The only other Bears players who have rushed for at least 1,200 yards in two seasons are Walter Payton and Matt Forte.

How many players remain on the Bears roster who were acquired before Ryan Pace became general manager? Steven D. Iowa By my count, there are only four players remaining with the Bears who joined the team before Ryan Pace was hired in 2015: Defensive back Sherrick McManis, who was acquired in a...

Based on the 2019 records of their opponents, the Bears are tied for the NFL's 13th most difficult 2020 schedule. The 16 teams they'll face combined to post a .508 winning percentage (129-125-2) this past season. The Bears are slated to host the Packers (13-3 in 2019), Vikings (10-6), Lions...

Justin Smith Morrill may be the most important figure in football history who remains unknown to the majority of football fans. The congressman from Vermont entered office in 1855, aligned with the progressive upstart Republican Party. Early in his career, with the country mired in the second...