Training Camp starts next week, are the Bears ready? Did you get tickets?

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A social media shows the quarterback helping leave a lasting mark on a known celebrity Bears fan.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is making the most of his offseason.

His infrequent social media posts show lots of travel, sprinkled in with travel, random selfies and even some Starbucks cups.

On Sunday, his post included a potential new hobby.

Caleb apparently tattooed the Chicago Bears logo on music video director and founder of the Lyrical Lemonade YouTube channel and brand, Cole Bennett.

Bennett posted on Instagram, saying, “My quarterback tattooed the @chicagobears logo on me. Stamped forever now. Love ya blooder”...

We kick off our final Chicago Bears round table before training camp starts!

A week ago, our guy Jacob Infante shared his superlatives for the Chicago Bears offseason on his Twitter page, and then he expounded on those selections for us a day later in this article.

Our Windy City Gridiron team wanted to get in on the fun, so we did our own version of his superlatives that we’ll roll out on a roundtable over the next six days. After checking out what we had to say, share your response in the comments section.

We were nearly unanimous on...

Chicago Deep Dish and Tavern Pizzas. Italian Beef. Chicago Style Hot Dog. These are classics to eat while watching the beloved - which tastes best on gameday?

Chicago is an elite food town. Few places can do high-end (restaurants like Alinea, Oriole, Smyth, and Ever) while also doing low-end (Superdawg, Johnnies Beef, Vito and Nick’s, Birrieria Zaragoza, Nhu Lan, and Ghareeb Nawaz) as well as Chicago does.

Chicago’s prominence in the national (and global) food scene is equally hard to dispute, with loads of famous dishes like Deep Dish Pizza, Italian Beef, Chicago Style Hot Dog, Tavern Pizza, and lesser-known...

A few days ago, we voted for the Chicago Bears player we thought would lead the team in targets in 2025, and most of our fans see a three-peat coming for DJ Moore.

In his first year in Chicago, he went for 96 receptions for 1,364 yards and eight touchdowns on 136 targets, and last season, he was targeted 140 times while racking up 98 catches for 966 yards and six scores.

What will this year bring for Moore?

His primary competition for targets will be second-year wideout Rome Odunze, who, according to Moore, is primed for a breakout season....

Following the drastic changes on the coaching staff, Bears fans should expect a new-look defense. Although most starting jobs are taken, there are plenty of roles yet to be carved out. We’ll dive deeper into the three most intriguing defensive camp battles.

Training camp is around the corner, which means it’s time to take stock of what to expect in camp and the preseason. For the Chicago Bears, it was yet another active offseason, which means there will be plenty of new faces competing for playing time and roster spots. In our first of two installments, we’ll take a look...

In today’s open thread, we look to talk about the people who talk about other people for a living.

In a major market like Chicago, sports media coverage plays a big role in a professional team’s existence. That rings especially true for the Bears, being a football team in a football city that just so happens to be the third-largest market in the United States.

A professional job working on the Bears beat is a big deal for a journalist. As bad as the team can be sometimes, you know your work will be digested by more people than nearly...

Debating about sports is fun!

My Windy City Gridiron colleague Bill Zimmerman and I had a disagreement on X/Twitter yesterday over whether Ryan Poles is a bad post-second-round talent evaluator and drafter. In case you missed it, the Chicago Bears extended Poles’ contract through the 2029 season, aligning him with head coach Ben Johnson.

First, the Tweet that sparked our debate:

Editor: You can head over to Twitter for Bill’s side of things.

Bill described Poles’ record outside of the second round as “dreadful” – but is it really? Bill would go on in the thread to argue that Poles’...

Ryan Poles gets a contract extension to match the length of head coach Ben Johnson.

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Cronin: Bears extend general manager Ryan Poles through 2029 - ESPN - Poles had two years remaining on the five-year contract he signed upon becoming Chicago’s general manager in 2022. He is now aligned with head coach Ben Johnson, whose contract runs through the 2029 season.

Bears sign Ryan Poles to contract extension through 2029 - Sports Illustrated Chicago Bears - The Chicago Bears have reportedly given Ryan Poles a new contract through 2029, putting him on the same...

Want to light your money on fire?

Now that it’s mid-July, hot, you’ve had your share of fireworks, the beach, the sunburn, the cookouts and all of that.

You’re itching for football. And you’re counting down the days.

And maybe you’re perusing futures bets.

Remember, always gamble responsibly. Don’t bet more than you can afford to lose and all of that.

Let’s check in on some Chicago Bears player odds.

I’m not looking at any specific book because they aren’t sponsoring me (my DMs are open, though, sportsbooks). So be sure to shop around for the best odds.

These are...

The contract extension keeps Poles tied to Chicago through 2029.

The Bears have signed general manager Ryan Poles to a three-year extension, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Friday.

Poles reportedly had two more years left on his deal, but this extension adds three more seasons to his existing deal. It ties him to Chicago through the 2029 season, which matches up with the length of head coach Ben Johnson’s contract, as Schefter pointed out.

The 39-year-old Poles got hired as the Bears’ general manager in 2022, inheriting a roster that was in dire need of a rebuild. His first major...

With a quarter of the 21st century of Bears football behind us, we look at the best players to suit up for them on offense.

The 2025-26 NFL season marks the 25th season of the 21st century, and it also means we’ve sat through a quarter century of Chicago Bears football since the turn of the millennium.

It’s been an up-and-down quarter century, for the Bears, ranging from the highs of their NFC championship in 2006 to the lows under the likes of Marc Trestman and Matt Eberflus. The hope is the next 25 years will be more steadily strong,...