In week 10 of the NFL season, the Chicago Bears welcomed the New York Giants to Soldier Field in what was technically the first “snow game” of the league’s new year. The cold weather, coupled with swirling winds along the lakefront, spelled a recipe for minimal kicking as both teams opted to utilize all four downs on offense early in the game. To the Giants’ credit, they seemed prepared for the challenge of containing this Bears running game and at least didn’t allow them to impose their will in a way that many may have anticipated. The weather, bad luck,...

The Chicago Bears have revenge on their minds following their week one loss to the Minnesota Vikings at home.

With more of a sense of what they do well, they can hopefully keep it close for 60 minutes.

The Bears seem focused, talking about having a long way to get to where they want to be, complimenting the Vikings and their defensive coordinator, Brian Flores, doing all those little things.

But what’s it going to take to beat the Vikings? Here’s what our team says.

Sam: Don’t look now, but the Vikings aren’t great at defending explosive plays and that’s...

The Chicago Bears look to continue their winning ways in the Land of 1000 Lakes this week. We hope to return to our winning ways after a bumpy game last week. The props went just 1-2 after the Chicago Bears dropped 2 potential Jaxson Dart interceptions, and my confidence in Kyle Monangai did not pay off (and that’s why you always gamble responsibly).

Despite the 1-2 record, we still hold a 17-9 record on the season, and we look to bounce back this week against Minnesota. Here’s what we like this week.

Caleb Williams Longest Completion OVER 35.5 -120...

Before getting into the Week 11 injury report for the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings, the Bears announced today that cornerback Jaylon Johnson had his 21-day practice window opened up. They’ll have 21 days to evaluate him in practice to see if he can be activated off injured reserve, which would be huge to get their Pro Bowl corner back for a playoff push. Johnson (groin) was listed as a limited participant today, with his official game status as questionable.

For the rest of today’s injury report, the Bears have listed starting linebacker T.J. Edwards (hand/hamstring) and reserve wideout Jahdae...

The Chicago Bears might be getting a major boost for their playoff stretch run.

All-Pro cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who has missed most of this season to this point due to a groin injury, is reportedly returning to practice today, officially opening his 21-day window to return from injured reserve.

Head coach Ben Johnson had hinted Thursday at his star cornerback’s return to the practice field “in the near future.” Apparently, that meant “immediately.”

Johnson, who has struggled with multiple groin issues dating back to training camp this summer, hasn’t played since Week 2. The Bears placed Johnson on injured reserve...

The Chicago Bears have been rolling since week 3, winning 6 of 7 games, but they got off to a bumpy start to the season when they dropped their first two games. One of those games was against the Minnesota Vikings. We don’t need to revisit how poorly that fourth quarter went, but the Bears have an opportunity to exact revenge for the week one loss this week in Minneapolis.

A lot has changed since week one for both of these teams, so we sat down with Christopher Gates from the Daily Norseman one more time to find out what’s...

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...

Looking back on Week 1 is hard — the Chicago Bears dominated a middling Minnesota Vikings team before losing late. At the time, it felt like equal parts the Bears folding to their old ways and the Vikings maintaining a winning mettle.

But in retrospect, given the shape of the season, it sure feels like a missed opportunity. After McCarthy won Offensive Player of the Week, he has been downright bad, to the tune of a 65 Passer Rating and 27 QBR, both figures near league worst. In a vacuum, the Bears could be 7-2 right now, alone atop the...

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The NFL playoff standings are starting to come into focus now that every team has played at least nine games.

This will be your open thread to talk about all the games from Thursday night to Sunday morning, all afternoon through the evening, and then back here for Monday Night Football.

For the TV broadcast maps to determine if these games are on in your local market, check out 506sports.com. Here’s the full slate of games this week (all times Central).

Thursday Night Football
New York Jets at New England Patriots, 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime

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Check out our brand-new Bear Bones podcast with host Dr. Mason West and his special guest, our lead draft analyst and postgame host, Jacob Infante, previewing all the latest on the upcoming Chicago Bears vs. Minnesota Vikings game.

In case you missed it, Vikings starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy will need to practice with a bandage on his right hand, so Mason will no doubt get into that severe injury, as well as all the latest from both the Vikings and Bears’ reports, including the latest on Chicago defensive backs Kyler Gordon and Jaylon Johnson.

Mason and Jacob will also touch...

We are a touch past the midway point of the season, but let’s revisit the power rankings we’ve done twice before. We did power rankings before week one, and we did power rankings around the quarter pole of the season. Let’s revisit these and see where we are at as we are now firmly in the second half of the season.

The first number you see in the power rankings is their preseason ranking, the second number was their quarter pole number. As a reminder, these rankings are based on how good I think this team is, not what their...