It’s bad enough that Chicago Bears QB Jay Cutler has to take grief from the local fans and media. But now, he even has to take it from politicians. Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin spoke at Chicago’s Economic Forum and couldn’t resist taking a swipe at the local quarterback in town. “I want to [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t, there is a new rule in place for kickoffs in the NFL. Remember when teams used to kickoff from the 35-yard line? Well, they will again after it was moved to the 30 for quite a long time. So, you had to figure [...]
Mel Kiper Jr: Nobody in the world has more of a perfectly-parted widow’s peak than Mel Kiper Jr. On varying days, the world’s most famous mock-drafter has somewhat of a poof, resembling a male-version of The Jersey Shore’s Snooki. The comparisons with the little Italian ball of roundness doesn’t end there. Both have very strong chins. [...]
The Chicago Bears are the latest team to join the player-cutting party. They announced today that they have cut DT Tommie Harris, T Kevin Shaffer and LB Hunter Hillenmeyer. We aren’t exactly sure what happened to Tommie Harris. Taken 14th overall in 2004, Harris’ career got off to a very promising start. He was a [...]
Writer Rob Trucks interviewed former Chicago Bear and New York Giant Dave Duerson back on November 27th and Duerson’s words from that discussion were published by Deadspin recently. It was an informative interview that included quotes from Duerson about how he didn’t think he’d live past 42. But, there was another quote that we found [...]
Ugh. This sucks. Former Chicago Bears DB Dave Duerson was found dead in his Miami home on Thursday. No cause of death has yet been released. Duerson, a Notre Dame product, won two Super Bowls in his 11-year career. He won one with the ’85 Bears and was also a member of the 1990 Giants [...]
In a Chicago Bears position analysis, the Chicago Tribune passes along an interesting nugget regarding tight end Greg Olsen. There initially was a lot of concern about Olsen when they brought in Mike Martz as the offensive coordinator. Martz likes his tight ends to block, and doesn’t feature them in his schemes. Olsen doesn’t block [...]
Jay Cutler, who was the subject of heated criticism for ‘tapping out’ against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game, has decided to return the favor to Eagles wide receiver Desean Jackson. “Grade two sprain? Weak,” Cutler privately tweeted to OTR. Cutler’s tweet was in response to the news that Jackson will not be [...]
Chicago Bears RB Chester Taylor has been generally a very good running back in the NFL when he’s not throwing chairs at teammates. But, this year, he gave the Bears next to nothing…..and they paid him $7 million for it. It isn’t just that Taylor was bad this year, it’s that he set a record [...]
The New York Giants can’t be happy campers these days. All season, they were in perfect position to win the NFC East and get into the playoffs. Now? It’s not looking good. Two weeks ago, they blew a 21-point lead on the Philadelphia Eagles with less than eight minutes to go in the game. It [...]
Not so fast, Joe Webb. We know you think you are starting Monday night’s tilt with the Chicago Bears, but hold on. All of a sudden, the Minnesota Vikings have upgraded Brett Favre from out to questionable. Heh? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. The day of the game you are upgrading a [...]
The worst part about the Minnesota Vikings Monday night loss to the New York Giants, was the fact that Tarvaris Jackson got hurt after he stunk up the joint. So as if he wasn’t bad enough, now he isn’t even healthy enough to go out and give you another poor performance. So who is to [...]
Seattle Seahawks (+6.5) over Chicago Bears Two teams have never controlled their own destiny this early in a season more than the Chicago Bears and Seattle Seahawks. If either team wins out, they will win their respective divisions, which makes this Week Six match-up OTR’s Featured Game Of The Week. Unfortunately, for the Seahawks, Sunday’s [...]
My girlfriend is not a sports fan. Despite relentless efforts to turn her, I’m pretty confident she would rather watch QVC, infomercials or play Call of Duty Modern Warfare. rather than spend time watching a good old athletic competition. Albeit, a girl who wants to play C.O.D. is reason enough to turn a girlfriend into [...]
The Green Bay Packers suffered a very disappointing loss to the Chicago Bears Monday night. It was a very winnable game, but the Packers seemed intent on handing the game over via penalties and stupid turnovers. While we haven’t seen it yet (it’s not posted yet, that’s why), apparently Packers DB Nick Collins flipped out [...]
Well this sucks. The Oakland Raiders have announced that Hall of Famer George Blanda has passed away. He was 83-years old. Blanda was a phenomenal quarterback and place kicker, but is probably best remembered for his unbelievable longevity. He played until just before his 49th birthday. Think about that for a second. We talk about [...]
Gold Rushers vs Old Indians (-3) What are you buying? The Kansas City Chiefs as a 2-0 team or the San Francisco 49ers as an 0-2 team? I said in the preseason that I thought the Chiefs had a shot to win the AFC West. Over the last eight years, seven teams have gone from [...]
It’s that time of year again. It’s football season! And OTR is here to highlight and preview as many NFL games as we physically can based on the man hours we have available. That might been that we look at every game! Or it might mean that we look at one! Or none! I’m not [...]
Chicago Bears TE Greg Olsen has been expected to break out for years now. And last year he kind of did with eight TD’s. But, new offensive coordinator Mike Martz doesn’t really use the tight end very much in his offense and he really likes when they can block. Martz has mentioned that he wants [...]
There were a bunch of NFL teams who were checking out BYU RB/FB Harvey Unga leading up to the NFL’s supplemental draft. But only one had the stones to actually draft him. And that team was the Chicago Bears, who are now the proud owner of a tweener. The Bears grabbed Unga in the seventh [...]
Former Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears QB Mike Tomczak was arrested Monday afternoon in a civil dispute, according to WXPI in Pittsburgh. The Bell Acres police chief said that “Mike lunged at his wife, grabbed her and stepped on her foot.” Sounds like a regular ol’ Monday afternoon! We don’t know much more than that. [...]
The Chicago Bears have released former All-Pro CB Nathan Vasher, according to Adam Schefter. Vasher, 29, was an All-Pro in 2005, but has been pretty much ineffective the last few years. Many league observers didn’t think Vasher would even make the team out of training camp anyway. Vasher started 13 games in 2006, but has [...]
According to Foxsports.com’s John Czarnecki, agent Drew Rosenhaus is trying to get at least $5 million a year for his client Terrell Owens. It’s enough to make us giggle, and unless the Chicago Bears do something stupid (like sign him to that kind of money), we think T.O. is going to be a free agent [...]
Brand-spanking new Chicago Bears defensive end Julius Peppers says he is very excited about joining a team with so much tradition. We’re sure that he’s uber pumped already looked up the history and is soaking up everything he can about the Decatur Staleys, George Halas and Brian Piccolo. In our view, tradition is much more [...]
A source tells the Chicago Sun Times that a deal between former Carolina Panther DE Julius Peppers and the Chicago Bears is imminent. The deal is believed to be for six years for between $12-$14 million per year with the first three years guaranteed. Adam Schefter is also reporting that a deal is done and [...]
