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Luke Getsy’s resolve breathes hope into Bears’ running game

The Bears averaged just 2.7 yards per carry against the 49ers in the opener, but never gave up on it — they finished with 99 yards on 37 carries. “We just have to stick to the plan and not get too caught up by the result too much right now.…

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Bears predictions: Week 2 at Packers

The Sun-Times’ experts offer their picks for the Bears’ Sunday night game at the rival Packers:

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1st-and-10: What’s not to like about Matt Eberflus’ Bears debut?

It’s too early to celebrate the dawn of a new era, but even skeptics have to admit that Eberflus’ season-opening upset was notable for two things: there was no fluke factor, and there were minimal red flags.

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Film study: Analyzing Justin Fields, a scramble TD and two picks

So far, so good. The Bears have plenty to fix after their opener, but they get to do so while sitting at 1-0.

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First ugliness, then stunning beauty from the Bears, Justin Fields in a soggy upset of the 49ers

A 51-yard touchdown pass off a broken play changes everything in the season opener.

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Bears vs. 49ers: Everything we know about Chicago’s Week 1 win

The Bears pulled off an upset win over the 49ers to open the season 1-0. We break down the game here:

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Tick, tick, tick: It’s only Year 2, but Bears QB Justin Fields must prove himself quickly

The people who drafted him got fired, and the new administration needs clarity on whether Fields can help the Bears “take the North and never give it back.”

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Bears stuck in a holding pattern

This season will offer only partial answers since GM Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus don’t have much to work with.

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First things first — a checklist for Bears’ offensive improvement

First-down yardage ... third-and-short conversions ... a screen game ... scoring in the third quarter ... though Justin Fields is a potential franchise quarterback, simple things will be key to Luke Getsy & Co. breaking a 30-year drought of sustained success for the Bears’ offense.

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Bears’ season opener will reveal if Justin Fields is on track as franchise QB

Belief in Fields within the organization is at an all-time high now that he’s fully empowered as the starter and a team captain. The season opener is the grand reveal, where everyone will find out how real all the talk is.

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Matt Eberflus measures everything — but how will the Bears measure him?

Sunday at Soldier Field, the 52-year-old will have his first experience with the ultimate measurable: wins and losses as an NFL.

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Bears vs. 49ers preview: Who has the advantage in Week 1?

We went deep into the Bears-49ers matchup with Niners Wire to determine who has the advantage at five key factors.

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Bears-49ers could shed light on a Nagy problem

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Brandon Staley is the favorite for 2022 NFL Coach of the Year, but trends point to a different AFC West coach

Staley is a good bet, but there might be an even better one in his own division.

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Dan Wiederer: As Bears President Ted Phillips prepares to move on, the team’s on-field mediocrity under his watch reveals bigger problems

CHICAGO — By the end of November, just about everything surrounding the Chicago Bears football team was undeniably ablaze. That extended window the Bears thought they had to compete for a Super Bowl crown? Incinerated.

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Bears president Ted Phillips will be gone soon. The McCaskeys won’t.

The much-criticized team official will retire in February.

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Dan Wiederer: ‘I love that dude.’ Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles sees Matt Eberflus as the fuel in the team’s rebuilding efforts.

With Week 1 arriving and the Chicago Bears promenading around the track on their way to the NFL starting gate, rookie general manager Ryan Poles certainly has great conviction in one thing: He hired the right coach. Especially for this team in this moment.

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Mitch Trubisky’s second act awaits

When Mitch Trubisky takes the field Sept. 11, it will have been 609 days since his last start, a Bears playoff loss in New Orleans. A lot has changed since.

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No Lion: Bears’ ‘O’ may not be O so bad

It was only a preseason game, but Justin Fields & Co. might not be as horrible as Mike Martz says.

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Bears’ offense feels ‘normal’ to QB Justin Fields, and that’s a good start

Fields had good results against the Browns on Saturday, but the aesthetics are more telling that the statistics.

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7 Takeaways from the Bears’ preseason finale victory vs. Browns

From Justin Fields' return to Cleveland to Kindle Vildor's surprising play, here are our takeaways from the Bears' preseason finale win.

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Fantasy billboard: Bold predictions for your draft’s early rounds

I had my first Fantasy draft this week in the OFFL — Our Frivolous Fantasy League. The OFFL has been around since 1985, the longest running Fantasy league that I’m aware of. Here are my bold predictions for players taken in Rounds 1 to 5.

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Bears, Justin Fields looking for success at scene of last year’s low point

The quarterback was sacked nine times and hit on six more occasions in the Bears’ 26-6 loss on Sept. 26. On the shores of Lake Erie, head coach Matt Nagy’s offense totaled 47 yards — the franchise’s fewest in 40 years — on 42 plays.

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Brad Biggs: Is the Chicago Bears offense as bad as the 0-16 Detroit Lions of 2008? Mike Martz says QB Justin Fields has little chance.

Chicago Bears fans will want to yell at Mike Martz the way Jay Cutler used to when they hear Martz’s assessment of the team’s current offense.

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Lesson learned? Bears still need preseason work

Matt Eberflus is debating whether to play his starters in the preseason finale against the Browns on Saturday. But as Matt Nagy discovered in 2019, with a developing offense, the more work at game-speed, the better.

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