Cornerback/kick returner Devin Hester set a single-season record for kick return touchdowns in Sunday’s 33-25 win over New Orleans. Hester returned a punt 64 yards for a TD, breaking his own record of five scores he set last year. He now has four punt returns and two kickoffs for touchdowns this year. Hester also moved [...]
The Bears finished a disappointing season on a high note, beating the New Orleans Saints 33-25 yesterday at Soldier Field. Last season, the Bears beat New Orleans in the NFC Championship Game to advance to the Super Bowl. This year, the Bears failed to qualify for the playoffs with seven wins and nine [...]
The Bears are out of the playoff race, and today the team placed corner Nathan Vasher on injured reserve, ending his season after he played in just four games. Vasher had just nine tackles and a sack with a pick this season. He has suffered from a lingering groin injury for most of the season. [...]
If it wasn’t for Chicago Bears’ wide receiver/return specialist Devin Hester talking to fellow kick returner from the Buffalo Bills, Roscoe Parrish, then he may not have realized the value set for kick returners in the [...]
It’s too bad the Bears couldn’t play the Packers every week. The defending NFC Champs for the second time in 2007 beat their rivals, this time in commanding fashion 35-7 at Soldier Field. The win is sweet for the Bears in more ways than one, as it moves them to 6-9, and drops [...]
Bloomington, Ill., Nov. 20, 2007 – On November 22, Thanksgiving Day, State Farm is officially debuting the “Your Game | Your Call” Ultimate Pro Bowl Giveaway where fans can win one of five trips to the 2008 Pro Bowl in Hawaii. Fans can enter the promotion daily through January 6 at www.statefarm.com/NFL2 for their chance to win [...]
For the first time in his pro career, Brian Urlacher will miss the Pro Bowl. The linebacker was not on the list of all-star selections released by the NFL yesterday. Fellow linebacker Lance Briggs makes his third appearance on the NFC roster, as does defensive tackle Tommie Harris. Kick returner Devin Hester and kick coverage [...]
Any chance the Bears still had to make the NFL playoffs ended last night at the Metrodome. The Bears held a 13-6 lead on the Vikings at halftime, but did not score again and lost to Minnesota 20-13. The loss drops Chicago to 5-and-9, and guarantees the team’s first losing season since 2004. Quarterback Kyle Orton [...]
The Bears face two questions as they get ready for tonight’s game against the Vikings in Minnesota. The first is how quarterback Kyle Orton will perform. It will be the backup’s first regular season playing time since 2005, when he guided Chicago to 10 wins after Rex Grossman was injured in the preseason. [...]
The Bears yesterday signed defensive tackle Matt Toeaina to a three-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Toeaina was a sixth-round selection in this year’s NFL draft by the Bengals. He spent the first fourteen weeks of the season on the Cincinnati practice squad. The University of Oregon product joins the Bears after defensive [...]
