Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they as they get you ready for week 11 of the 2025 Chicago Bears season!

Grab a cold beverage and join Ryan and Bryan as the guys wrap up discussion on the Bears/Giants game before looking ahead to this Sunday’s big game against the Minnesota Vikings. Will the Bears defense be able to contain Justin Jefferson?

Some specific topics that will be covered on the show:

• Bears vs. Giants final thoughts
• Caleb Williams’ continued growth
• The continued...

Welcome to the latest episode of Bears Over Beers! This week, join our hosts Ryan Droste and Bryan Orenchuk as they as they get you ready for week 11 of the 2025 Chicago Bears season!

Grab a cold beverage and join Ryan and Bryan as the guys wrap up discussion on the Bears/Giants game before looking ahead to this Sunday’s big game against the Minnesota Vikings. Will the Bears defense be able to contain Justin Jefferson?

Some specific topics that will be covered on the show:

• Bears vs. Giants final thoughts
• Caleb Williams’ continued growth
• The continued...

As the Chicago Bears prepare for their 10th game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, we are starting to get the first official team injury reports for week 11.

It’s another long list this week on Wednesday, with eight Bears being listed as DNP (did not practice). That includes: DB Kevin Byard III (rest), DB Jaquan Brisker (back), LB T.J. Edwards (hand/hamstring), DL Grady Jarrett (rest), WR DJ Moore (shoulder), WR Rome Odunze (ankle), DB Tyrique Stevenson (shoulder), and WR Jahdae Walker (concussion).

Three more Bears were listed as “limited.” That includes: TE Cole Kmet (back), DL...

As the Chicago Bears prepare for their 10th game of the season against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, we are starting to get the first official team injury reports for week 11.

It’s another long list this week on Wednesday, with eight Bears being listed as DNP (did not practice). That includes: DB Kevin Byard III (rest), DB Jaquan Brisker (back), LB T.J. Edwards (hand/hamstring), DL Grady Jarrett (rest), WR DJ Moore (shoulder), WR Rome Odunze (ankle), DB Tyrique Stevenson (shoulder), and WR Jahdae Walker (concussion).

Three more Bears were listed as “limited.” That includes: TE Cole Kmet (back), DL...

Welcome back to STEP Differential. STEP stands for Sack + Turnover(x2) + Explosive Play Differential. New this week! Check out Page 5 as I’ve charted out the entire season with STEP Differential in the chart plus I’ve tabulated the record of teams winning the STEP Differential. So far in 2025, STEP is slightly better than last year with an 83% winning percentage overall (80% in 2024) and an 86% winning percentage when we eliminate the noise of the +1/-1 games (83% last year). Good stuff. Pages 2-4 of the Infogram below show the individual components of the STEP Differential in...

Welcome back to STEP Differential. STEP stands for Sack + Turnover(x2) + Explosive Play Differential. New this week! Check out Page 5 as I’ve charted out the entire season with STEP Differential in the chart plus I’ve tabulated the record of teams winning the STEP Differential. So far in 2025, STEP is slightly better than last year with an 83% winning percentage overall (80% in 2024) and an 86% winning percentage when we eliminate the noise of the +1/-1 games (83% last year). Good stuff. Pages 2-4 of the Infogram below show the individual components of the STEP Differential in...

No news to Chicago Bears fans, but Caleb Williams took a lot of sacks last year, getting sacked on 10.79% of his dropbacks. However, did you know he also led the league in sacks avoided as a rookie? This season, he’s taking far fewer sacks, with his sack percentage way down to 4.56 (fifth lowest in the NFL!), but he’s still leading the league in sacks avoided.

I knew he was a good athlete, but his quickness and elusiveness were undersold coming out of USC.

Head coach Ben Johnson compared his quarterback to the most famous escape artist of all...

No news to Chicago Bears fans, but Caleb Williams took a lot of sacks last year, getting sacked on 10.79% of his dropbacks. However, did you know he also led the league in sacks avoided as a rookie? This season, he’s taking far fewer sacks, with his sack percentage way down to 4.56 (fifth lowest in the NFL!), but he’s still leading the league in sacks avoided.

I knew he was a good athlete, but his quickness and elusiveness were undersold coming out of USC.

Head coach Ben Johnson compared his quarterback to the most famous escape artist of all...

WE WANT YOU!

Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be clear, and full resolution (i.e. full size from your phone if that’s how you take them). Include any description information you like along with the photo!

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WE WANT YOU!

Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be clear, and full resolution (i.e. full size from your phone if that’s how you take them). Include any description information you like along with the photo!

THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL

BEARSSSSSS

[**Bears, Caleb Williams are holding everything together — so far – Chicago...

After watching the wild, exciting finish to Sunday’s matchup against the New York Giants that resulted in Brian Daboll being fired, I had all sorts of things ready to talk about that game.

But then Monday Night Football happened.

I’ve been sitting here for a big chunk of Tuesday, going, “Should I do it? Should I do it? It could eventually go wrong, and it could age really poorly. Yeah, I should do it. Who cares how it ages? All that matters is right now.”

Petty, thy name is Zimmerman. Let’s let this rip.

A couple of weeks ago, Packers...

After watching the wild, exciting finish to Sunday’s matchup against the New York Giants that resulted in Brian Daboll being fired, I had all sorts of things ready to talk about that game.

But then Monday Night Football happened.

I’ve been sitting here for a big chunk of Tuesday, going, “Should I do it? Should I do it? It could eventually go wrong, and it could age really poorly. Yeah, I should do it. Who cares how it ages? All that matters is right now.”

Petty, thy name is Zimmerman. Let’s let this rip.

A couple of weeks ago, Packers...