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Bears Face Most Important Off-Season in More Than a Generation

Bears Face Most Important Off-Season in More Than a Generation
The Bears, beginning this week, will make the decisions to shape their football operations for the next decade. They do so from an uncommon position. Normally a team conducting the final round of GM interviews is coming off a dismal season; ready to rebuild without a corp of winning NFL players. The Bears are coming... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
Tuesday at 3:04 pm
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Audibles From the Long Snapper: Tice Remains, GMs Down to Two

Audibles From the Long Snapper: Tice Remains, GMs Down to Two
MIKE TICE WILL REMAIN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR Mike Tice was denied the ability to interview for the head coaching position of the Oakland Raiders as that organization’s newly hired GM Reggie McKenzie has decided to move on to his second round of coach interviews. Here are a pair of tweets from ESPN Chicago’s Michael C. Wright... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
Monday at 7:55 pm
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The True Sadness of Joe Paterno's Passing

The True Sadness of Joe Paterno's Passing
Joe Paterno built one of the most prestigious and successful college football programs in the history of our country. He was a generous philanthropist, specifically in the State College area, and had a positive (almost fatherly) impact on the lives of every individual who spent a few years on the Penn State campus over the... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
Monday at 10:08 am
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Fantasy Super Bowl Contestants Set

Fantasy Super Bowl Contestants Set
The offenses and the defenses this week canceled each other out and it all came down to special teams. Seven of us will advance to the Super Bowl. Because most of us will have opposing offenses and defenses, there will be a series of tiebreakers for the game in two weeks. THE FINALISTS Jeff “Blogfather”... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 22, 2012 at 9:44 pm
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Championship Games Thread

Championship Games Thread
Sorry I’m late.
By Jeff Hughes,
January 22, 2012 at 3:46 pm
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Championship Game Previews & Fantasy Playoffs Continued

Championship Game Previews & Fantasy Playoffs Continued
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. Baltimore Ravens The Baltimore Ravens have looked awful on the road this season and, to be honest, they didn’t look much better at home last week. If the Texans had Matt Schaub playing quarterback they probably win the game by a couple touchdowns. The Ravens defense still has names but outside... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm
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More Audibles From the Long Snapper: New Springsteen Track Edition

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I tweeted about this already but I think Bruce Springsteen’s new track, We Take Care of Our Own, has Born in the USA potential. It is a masterfully timely piece of songwriting with a potent and dangerous message. It also has a faux-patriotic hook that will surely be misused by a few candidates over the... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 19, 2012 at 9:07 am
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Audibles From the Long Snapper: There's No Off-Season Edition

Audibles From the Long Snapper: There's No Off-Season Edition
Mike Tice Will Interview With the Oakland Raiders Tuesday Unless you’re a devout follower of the bullshit spewed by Steve Rosenbloom almost daily on the Tribune’s website, you understand that having your offensive coordinator interviewed for vacant head coaching positions is life in the NFL. And unless you’ve not checked a football-related website over the... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 18, 2012 at 11:45 am
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Chicago Bears Extend Dave Toub's Contract

Chicago Bears Extend Dave Toub's Contract
The Chicago Bears have signed special teams coordinator Dave Toub to a two-year extensions, making him one of the highest paid at his position across the NFL. Toub was under consideration by the Miami Dolphins for their head coaching vacancy. This contract extension means many things. (1) If the Bears have a disastrous 2012, the... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 17, 2012 at 1:30 pm
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Packers Loss Proves Tenuous Relationship Between Regular Season Success and Super Bowl Titles

Packers Loss Proves Tenuous Relationship Between Regular Season Success and Super Bowl Titles
They won fifteen of their sixteen regular season games, these Green Bay Packers. You remember them, right? These are the Green Bay Packers that won last year’s Super Bowl as the NFC’s six seed. These are the Green Bay Packers that ran through their regular season record with ease, doubling the scoring output of their... Read more »
By Jeff Hughes,
January 16, 2012 at 1:14 pm
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