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Note: Apologies for this both being late and shorter than usual. I had a pretty bad cold to start the week, and the Texas power grid has been on and off the last 48 hours due to weather. So I couldn’t put in play reviews like normal. The full season review will be a robust read with plenty of goodies in it, so that hopefully it will make up for things! What a season it was. Much like the script had played out for the majority of the season, it all came down to the last posse

The 2006 NFC Championship aside, this may have been the most important, and meaningful win in all my years as a Bears fan. I won’t sugarcoat it, about midway through the 3rd quarter even I was muttering “same old Bears”, me, one of the most glass half full fans in the world. But even then, the Chicago Bears knew the game wasn’t over, and they had a strong message in store for us fans, the Green Bay Packers, and the NFL landscape: This isn’t the same old Bears. They did so in

The script may be out on the Chicago Bears defense. 2 of the last 3 weeks has seen the Bears have just 3 drives in the first have, and over the last 3 games opposing offenses have focused on long, sustained drives, keeping the ball out of Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears’ hands on offense. The Detroit Lions held a 35:45 to 24:15 time of possession advantage over the Bears, churning out 26 first down, 433 yards, and gaining 6.0 yards per play, limiting the Bears’ top 10 of

Game Score: Grading Sheet: Metrics (Season Average in Italics): C/A: 20.8/28.9 (72.0%) | 10/21 (47.6%) Yards: 258.5 | 86 aDOT:   9.2  | 11.9 Touchdowns: 2.2 | 1 Turnovers: 0.7 | 0 QB at Fault Sacks: 1.4 | 4 Passer Rating: 113.5 | 58.8 True Passer Rating: 148.8 | 14.3 Time to Throw: 2.80s | 2.52s Time to Pressure: 2. 50s | 2.59 s Pressure Rate: 35.25% | 33.33% On-Target Rate: 70.4% | 60.0% PPR / BPR : 7.9%PPR / 8.5%BPR | 13.9%PPR / 5.6%BPR Final Score (Seaso

Note: Due to unforeseen New Years plans, play reviews won’t be done this week. I will be doing a deep dive into play reviews next week to make up for the lack of them the last two weeks! First and foremost: Happy New Years to all of you Windy City Gridiron faithful! I hope 2026 brings you all the happiness and blessings you deserve! I don’t think any Bears loss has made me feel as inspired as the loss we had on Sunday Night Football against the San Francisco 49ers last week.