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ESPN analysts: Don't count out the Bears
chicagotribune.com 12/20/2008 — At least one person outside Chicago believes the Bears' playoffs chances are realistic.
Former Super Bowl quarterback Trent Dilfer, now an analyst for ESPN, was bold enough to make that prediction on air earlier this week.
"I went out on a limb … a very thin limb," Dilfer said."
Step 1: Cowboys lose Saturday, check
i94sports.com 12/21/2008 — The Chicago Bears had a small victory on Saturday with the Baltomore Ravens win over the Dallas Cowboys. The Ravens win kept the Bears slim (very slim) wild card chances alive for at least 18 more hours or so. According to Kevin Seifert’s NFC North Blog post from this morning here is ...
Packers-Bears Preview
lines-maker.com 12/22/2008 — The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears will both be gunning for a victory on Monday when they meet at Soldier Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Bears listed as 4-point favorites versus the Packers, while the game's total is sitting at 40. The Packers lost to Jacksonville 20-16 ...
Monday Night Football Week 16: Green Bay Packers At Chicago Bears
FanIQ.com 12/23/2008 — The Bears and Packers play tonight, for the 177th time in the history of their rivalry. For anyone who cares, that means that if these two teams played only each other, they would be playing in the first game of their 12th season. But who's counting?
Rex "The Sex Cannon" Grossman ...
PACKERS-BEARS ONE-LINERS —
ProFootballTalk.com
Bears K Robbie Gould hit a 38-yard field goal in overtime to seal the win.
Said Bears DE Alex Brown of saving the game by blocking a field goal, “We got a great push from a lot of different people. I was just the one who got my hand on it.”
Bears coach Lovie Smith said his [...]
BEARS STAY ALIVE —
ProFootballTalk.com
In yet another overtime game decided by the team winning the toss, driving down the field, and making a relatively easy three-pointer, the Bears have toppled the Packers, 20-17.
The Bears won the toss after the coin bounced off the helmet of linebacker Brian Urlacher, and then they worked their ...
Step 3: Beat the Packers on Monday Night, check —
i94 Sports
It is going to take me some time to digest what I just saw, as I’m not sure how they did it, but the Chicago Bears kept their season alive with a 20-17 win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night. Under 100 yards of total offense until the fourth quarter, the Bears managed to overcome ...
Rapid Reaction: Bears 20, Packers 17 —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- And we'll see you ... next week. The Chicago Bears remained in playoff contention Monday night with an epic, if not perfect, victory over Green Bay. On the coldest night of football in recorded Chicago history, the Bears came back from a 14-3 ...
OT IN CHICAGO —
ProFootballTalk.com
After 60 minutes of football at a frigid Soldier Field, the Packers and the Bears are tied at 17.
The Bears avoided a loss — and elimination from playoff contention — by blocking a Mason Crosby field goal with 25 seconds remaining in regulation.
If the Packers win, the Vikings clinch ...
Forte takes over for Bears —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- When your quarterback throws two interceptions, including one in the red zone to end your best drive, the Chicago Bears did what they should do: Hand the ball to rookie tailback Matt Forte . Forte carried the ball on six of the Bears' seven plays of ...
Bears offense stuck in neutral —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- Through three quarters Monday night, the Chicago offense hasn't put together a drive longer than 27 yards. The Bears' 10 points is largely attributable to special teams. Quarterback Kyle Orton threw an interception that allowed the Packers to ...
Packers open the door for Bears —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- Green Bay just let Chicago back into this game. More specifically, Jarrett Bush did. The Bears opened the second half with another three-and-out, but Bush allowed Brad Maynard 's punt to bounce off his leg while he was trying to block Rashied ...
Bears' Maynard controlling the field position —
ESPN.com - NFL Nation Blog
Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert CHICAGO -- So far, Chicago punter Brad Maynard is the Bears' best weapon in what promises to be a field position game. Maynard has punts of 65, 60 and 25 yards. The latter pinned the Packers at their 8-yard line. The Bears are so intent on controlling the ...
The Bears Are Gonna Blow It…….Says Wade —
Total Pro Sports
Total Pro Sports - Bobby Wade of the Minnesota Vikings today has come out and said that the Chicago Bears are gonna blow their game against the Packers tonight.
"We need the Bears to blow it," Wade told reporters in Minneapolis with a laugh. "Where are they playing, at home? Great. They'll ...
WADE SAYS BEARS WILL BLOW IT —
ProFootballTalk.com
After the Vikings blew their chance to win the NFC North against the Falcons on Sunday, Vikings receiver Bobby Wade — who once played for the Bears — said that the Bears will blow their chance to pull even atop the division on Monday night in Chicago.
“We need the Bears to blow ...
The Bears live another day —
Tremendous Upside Potential
There could be some serious parallels forming here between the 2008 White Sox and these Bears. Both got f'd up in seemingly do-or-die division road games, where, wouldn't you know it, the Metrodome played a central role. The Twins of course went on to lose two of three to the Royals the next ...
I’ll Order The Baked Avellini, With a Side Of DUI —
SPORTSbyBROOKS
The CHICAGO TRIBUNE reports on the sad, yet lucky state of former Bears starting QB Bob Avellini . The man who epicly sucked started 42 straight games for Chicago in the late ’70s has been charged with four DUIs in suburban DuPage County in the past six years, but somehow is presently ...
The Chicago Bears' Real Hope —
Bleacher Report - NFL
The Chicago Bears' playoff ambition lives through another Sunday thanks to some help from the Atlanta Falcons. The Bears still need to win out to have any chance to make the playoffs, and a league where mediocrity is widespread and all bets ...