The time has come. The Bears have one last shot. The Pittsburgh Steelers are coming to town, and so is Aaron Rodgers. Will he play? He was limited in Thursday’s practice, and there’s certainly a chance that he could play this Sunday against the Bears. Will Aaron Rodgers play, and can the Bears beat him in what is almost certainly the last time he will face the Bears?

To get you set for this Sunday’s matchup, we sat down with Ryland Bickley from Behind the Steel Curtain (SB Nation’s Pittsburgh Steelers site) to get the Pittsburgh perspective on this game....

Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram:

Last year’s tracker is on the second page. Remember that you can click into the tabs on the lower left to see the tally by player and you can hover over any of the shapes on the right hand side of the visual to see a description of each play. Like last year, I’ll color code the plays on the right with the team color of the opponent. New this year I’ve added...

The latest Bears Banter Podcast has dropped!

The Chicago Bears keep winning football games, and Bears fans have been trying to deflect a lot of hate and negative comments from other fan bases.

Kevin Fishbain from The Athletic joins the podcast this week, and he tells Bears fans not to worry about any of it and just enjoy the ride!

There’s plenty of great conversation to be had with Kevin. We talk about how this team is finding ways to win, what Ben Johnson has accomplished in year one, how Caleb Williams is playing, and where he’s at with the...

The first-place Chicago Bears take on the first-place Pittsburgh Steelers is not a sentence I thought I’d be writing back when the schedule was announced. Neither team is favored to be still leading the division at season’s end, but the winner of this game will see their playoff probability shoot up. The (7-3) Bears have one of the toughest remaining schedules, and even though this is an AFC game, it’s also crucial to keep pressure on their division rivals.

This stream will be an open thread to discuss anything leading up to the game and anything after, and we’ll keep...

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[**Bears CB Jaylon Johnson practices in full, ‘looks like he hasn’t missed...

There’s still one more practice this week, but the news at linebacker for the Chicago Bears is bleak, with all three starters sitting out on Wednesday and Thursday.

T.J. Edwards hasn’t played since the Cincinnati Bengals game on November 2, as he’s still dealing with a hamstring issue and recovering from hand surgery. Tremaine Edmunds injured his groin in Sunday’s win against the Vikings, and to make matters at the position even worse, number three linebacker Noah Sewell is nursing an elbow injury.

The only healthy linebackers on the active roster are D’Marco Jackson, Ruben Hyppolite II (rookie), and Amen...

The 2025 NFL International series of games has concluded, and as expected, it was a big success. The six games on the NFL Network averaged 6.2 million viewers* (TV+Digital), ranking as the most-watched NFL Network International Games season average to date, and is up a whopping +32% over last year’s slate of international games.

The three games in London, one in Dublin, one in Berlin, and one in Madrid were a huge hit for the league and for fans, and the 2026 season may see even more games played internationally. Already confirmed for next year are games in Australia, Mexico...

We have a brand-new Bear Bones podcast tonight as host Dr. Mason West and a returning Danny Meehan preview all the latest about the upcoming Chicago Bears vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game.

Both Kyler Gordon and Jaylon Johnson are in their 21-day practice windows for the Bears, so Mason gives us the skinny on their timetable for return. He’ll also get in-depth on the injury reports for both teams, including the latest on Tremaine Edmunds.

Mason and Danny will also touch on some specific matchups they feel are key for this Sunday’s battle of divisional leaders, plus they’ll dive into a...

The last time the Chicago Bears played the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, Bears kicker Cairo Santos nailed a 51-yard field goal as time expired to give them a 24 to 22 win.

The next time will be on Sunday, December 7, at 3:25 p.m. (CT), following today’s announcement that the game has been flexed from its original noon kickoff time. FOX will get the NFL’s oldest rivalry in front of a larger audience, while the Cincinnati Bengals-Buffalo Bills game has been moved back to noon.

Both teams are in the playoff hunt, with Chicago (7-3) currently leading the...

Oh, look, it’s our old enemy, Aaron Rodgers. Coming into Soldier Field with his new team, nursing an injury.

He’s 42 now, and you would think past his prime. In fact, the things he’s saying, he appears to be more reflective, a little more chill and ready to, in his own words, let bygones be bygones.

But I say no! We can’t.

He’s a troll.

He’s the scourge of many a Chicago Bears fan’s very existence. He made game days hell for me, twice a year, most years. I don’t even want to list the specific games because you’re thinking...

It might have been an ugly win, but you never apologize for winning in the NFL. The Bears picked up their third win in a row on Sunday, defeating the Vikings 19-17 off a last-second field goal by Cairo Santos.

The Bears got out to an early lead, though the defense ended up giving the lead back up late in the fourth quarter. A clutch kick return from Devin Duvernay set Chicago up in great field position, however, and the offense was able to get into range for Santos to hit the game-winner. The score would lead you to believe...

Happy victory Thursday Bears fans! The cardiac Bears v2.0 strike again (the 2001 team is starting to get really nervous the 2025 is going to yank their moniker fully.) After leading the majority of the game, the Minnesota Vikings scored 2 late 4th quarter touchdowns and suddenly the Bears were sensing déjà vu all over again from week 1.

But Devin Duvernay and the Chicago Bears had, on again, different plans. Returning the ensuing kickoff after the Vikings took a late lead, Durvernay returned the ball 56 yards to the Vikings 40, setting up the Bears with the easy task...