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Brendan Sugrue
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Assistant Editor, USA Today's Bears Wire
Former co-host, Bear Down Chicago Podcast
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Sadly, the Bears won't be on the field this weekend so let's look back on the top 10 plays of their 2025 season.

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Ranking the top 10 plays of the Bears 2025 season
We're ranking the top plays of the 2025 Bears season.
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January 24, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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Philip Rivers coming out of retirement has taken the NFL by storm this week. Would Jay Cutler do the same in a similar situation if the Bears called him?

ESPN 1000's Marc "Silvy" Silverman decided to find out.

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Would Jay Cutler unretire to play for the Bears if needed?
Philip Rivers is making waves for unretiring to play with the Colts. Would Jay Cutler do the same in a similar situation for the Bears?
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December 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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@westsportspt.bsky.social handed the Bear Bones keys over to Danny Meehan tonight, and he was joined by @brendansugrue.bsky.social to talk about the importance of Sunday's #Bears vs #Packers game.

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Bear Bones: Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers
Podcast Episode · 2nd City Gridiron · 12/05/2025 · 1h 1m
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December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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The Chicago Bears food promotions are spreading.

Buona Beef is launching a "Good. Better. Best." promotion for this weekend.

Good: Free cheese fries for a Bears win
Better: Free Italian sausage if the Bears win by 7+ points
Best: Free Italian beef if the Bears win by 14+ points
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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Per @patfinley.bsky.social, Joe Thuney and Kevin Byard are leading their position groups in Pro Bowl voting.
December 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The Rams not only vaulted the Bears to the No. 1 seed yesterday, but Matthew Stafford's poor performance made Caleb Williams the league leader in a certain passing category.

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Bears QB Caleb Williams becomes NFL leader in unique passing category
The Bears quarterback is one of the best in the league taking care of the football.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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One last mashup.

Matt Eberflus' final postgame press conference with Ben Johnson's Black Friday locker room speech.

What a difference a year makes.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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The Bears went into Philadelphia yesterday and came away with their biggest win of the decade.

My takeaways from Friday's game.

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5 takeaways from the Bears' statement win over the Eagles
The Bears made a statement on Black Friday with a big win over the Eagles. Here are our takeaways from the game.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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This is a complete 180 from last season. Possibly more than 180!

Tweet via @brendansugrue.bsky.social at the bad place!

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November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The Bears rushed for 281 yards against the Eagles, their 2nd game this season with at least 280 rushing yards (Week 9 vs. Bengals with 283).

The last time they had 2 games with at least 280 rushing yards in a single season was 1984.

Data via @stathead.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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The #Bears are in Philly on Friday to take on the #Eagles, and Taylor Doll previews the game with some help from @brendansugrue.bsky.social of The Bears Wire.

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Making Monsters: Bears v Eagles Preview
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November 27, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Rome Odunze wants to be great. He has lofty goals for his NFL career, and he's looking to leave a lasting legacy.

I sat down with the Bears receiver to talk about those goals, what he's learned from Antwaan Randle El, working with Caleb, DJ, and more.

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Rome Odunze talks Year 2 expectations, new coaches, DJ Moore, Sharpie, and more
Rome Odunze sat down with Bears Wire to talk about his offseason, chemistry with DJ Moore and Caleb Williams, Antwaan Randle El, Sharpie, and more.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Our Bears Wire All-Quarter Century team is complete! I had a ton of fun putting this together with @alyssabarbieri.bsky.social

Check out our final roster and thanks to those who followed along the last week.

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June 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Our Bears All-Quarter Century Team is almost complete! See who we have at linebacker, cornerback, and safety.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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We're onto the defense for our Bears All-Quarter Century Team! Here are our selections for EDGE rusher, a position groups that features Hall of Fame-caliber players.

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Bears All-Quarter Century Team: Edge rushers
Kicking off defense on our Bears All-Quarter Century Team is edge rusher, a group led by a recent Hall of Famer.
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June 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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We're rounding out the Bears All-Quarter Century Team offense with the offensive line. See who we picked at tackle, guard, and center.

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Bears All-Quarter Century Team: Offensive line
Rounding out the offense on our Bears All-Quarter Century Team is the offensive line, a group led by one of the best centers in NFL history.
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June 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Last one of the day! Here are the tight ends on the Bears All-Quarter Century Team.

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Bears All-Quarter Century Team: Tight ends
Up next on our Bears All-Quarter Century Team are tight ends, a position that has featured some productive players in the passing game.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Our Bears All-Quarter Century Team continues with wide receivers, and some tough decisions were made on who to include at the final spot.

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Bears All-Quarter Century Team: Wide receivers
Up next on our Bears All-Quarter Century Team are receivers, a position that struggled early but has seen plenty of production over the last 15 years.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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We're rolling on with our Bears All-Quarter Century Team! Here are the running backs, a position that has consistently produced over the last 25 years.

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Bears All-Quarter Century Team: Running backs
Next up on our Bears All-Quarter Century Team are running backs, which includes some of the franchise's most productive players.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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This week on Bears Wire, we're unveiling our Bears All-Quarter Century team by position.

First up: Quarterbacks

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June 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Is Cole Kmet's role with the Bears already doomed with Colston Loveland in the fold? Not necessarily.

We've seen this dynamic work well in the past in Chicago and it serves as a blueprint for the 2025 season.

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Projecting Cole Kmet's future with Bears
Cole Kmet and Colston Loveland will need to coexist on the Bears in 2025. Here is what that could look like.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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A couple of former undrafted quarterbacks who put up gaudy numbers in college are in competition for the Chicago Bears QB2 spot.

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Bears QB competition: Case Keenum, Tyson Bagent battling for backup spot
It looks like the Bears will have a battle at the backup quarterback spot between Case Keenum and Tyson Bagent.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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We all saw the Caleb Williams comments this week. It's in the past, thanks to the hiring of Ben Johnson.

The Bears needed to take that swing not only for Williams' sake, but to prove the organization is finally changing.

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Bears hiring Ben Johnson is even bigger after Caleb Williams' initial concerns
The news of Caleb Williams' initial reluctance to become a Bear only makes the Ben Johnson hiring that much more important.
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May 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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NFL schedule release week is here and I made my predictions for the Bears' prime-time matchups this season.

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Bears 2025 schedule: Predicting prime-time matchups
The Bears schedule comes out this week and we're predicting the prime-time matchups for the 2025 season.
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May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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It's kind of crazy that Brandon Marshall has the 5th-most receiving TDs in Bears history (31) and he played less than 3 full years (45 games).

Marshall's 31 scores are tied with Curtis Conway (92 games) and Johnny Morris (121 games).

Dude was a monster.
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM