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Secrets Of A Hitter: How Doug Plank Inspired The NFL's Meanest Defense
Adapted from Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), available now. ...
Book Excerpt: Shane Comes To The Metrodome
We've got a bunch of goodies for you this week on Monsters, Rich Cohen's winning new book about the 1985 Chicago Bears. First, dig this excerpt over at SI.com:...
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Jay Cutler Injured, Questionable To Return [Update: Out]
Congratulations Jay Cutler! You just became the most-sacked Bears quarterback of all-time, with the 158th punishing blow coming courtesy of Washington's Chris Baker. How are you going to celebrate? By heading to the locker room with a groin injury? Oh....
So Many Manningfaces: Your Giants-Bears Roundup
Bears 27, Giants 21: A game on short rest was the least helpful thing to the Giants' 0-5 woes. New York actually held it together for the most part, though, and their defense gave the team a chance. Unfortunately, Eli Manning's turnovers severely hindered the offense. Matt Schaub knows how you're ...
Bears Believe Former Teammate Gave Lions Their Defensive Calls
Reggie Bush was preternatural, racking up 173 all-purpose yards. Maybe it's a case of a team finally figuring out how to use him. But Chicago's belief that former Bear and current Lion Israel Idonije was feeding Detroit their defensive schemes would certainly explain some of it....
Waiting For Ditka
Rich Cohen's new book Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football drops next month and it's a ton of fun (more on Rich and the book in the weeks to come). Meanwhile, here's a story on Mike Ditka he wrote for the Atlantic a few years ago:...
Pittsburgh Stinkers: Week 3 Sunday Night GIF Roundup
Bears 40, Steelers 23: Ben Roethlisberger threw for 406 yards, but the Bears still demolished the Steelers. Even though Chicago allowed Pittburgh to cut down a 24-3 lead, the team stymied a full comeback by Mike Tomlin's crew. The Bears are 3-0, and although this team was talented before Marc Trest...
Martellus Bennett Said His Coach Reminds Him Of Willy Wonka
Martellus Bennett seems like a lot of fun. On Tuesday, Jay Cutler's new favorite target went on the radio and compared his head coach to Willy Wonka. Specifically, he said Marc Trestman reminded him of Gene Wilder's Wonka, not version 17 of the Depp-Burton-face-powder collabo. ...
Jay Cutler Finds Martellus Bennett For The Winning Score, Bears 2-0
In an ugly game that saw seven turnovers and three touchdowns scored by defense or special teams, it was Jay Cutler and his new favorite toy that made the difference. Down six, Cutler led the Bears 66 yards in three minutes, hooking up with TE Martellus Bennett for the winner....
More Illustrated NFL Playbook Fun
When we did the Bills edition of Why Your Team Sucks, reader Matt E. sent in a phony drawing of the team's playbook that was so awesome, we asked him to do a few more of them. Here now are the playbooks of five more NFL teams, as designed by Matt:...
Chris Berman, Trent Dilfer, And The NFL Love Jon Bostic's Illegal Hit
This is from the third quarter of Chargers-Bears last Thursday. Chargers quarterback Charlie Whitehurst throws a wide receiver screen toward Mike Willie, but Bears linebacker Jon Bostic, a second-round draft pick, separates Willie from the ball just as the ball gets there....
Why Your Team Sucks 2013: Chicago Bears
Some people are fans of the Chicago Bears. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Chicago Bears. This 2013 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the 2013 NFL previews so far right here....
Anthony "Spice" Adams Made A Rap Song About Ribs
We'll always have a soft spot for Anthony "Spice" Adams, the affable NFL player who has a talent for being funny on the internet. His latest work is a parody of Tyga's "Rack City." It's about ribs. It features Adams pouring barbecue sauce onto a car. It's pretty great....
Jay Cutler's 1980s Charity Party: Billy Ocean And Many Grimaces
We already mentioned how ridiculous Jay Cutler's outfit for his '80s-themed party for charity on Thursday was. Now we have an eyewitness report from a tipster....
Who Wants To Go To Jay Cutler's ‘80s-Themed Dance Party?
Everyone, of course! It's going to be awesome. There's going to be hors d’oeuvres and an open bar! Billy Ocean will be there!...