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A Bears defense that still finished in the top-10 of Football Outsiders’ DVOA rankings despite some notable regression figures to get a key cog back in the mix in 2021. To be clear, Defensive Coordinator Sean Desai can’t confirm Eddie Goldman’s plans to play in 2021 right now. But Desai offered this in his introductory press conference: Bears DC Sean Desai asked if Eddie Goldman will return next season: “Our expectation is that he will want to play.” Again, it’s not in ink. And if 2020 taught us anything, it’s that pencils come with erasers because nothing is ever a given. But t...

Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey did interviews with 670 The Score and ESPN 1000 in Chicago on Thursday afternoon. And while I plan on diving deeper into both of those chats later on, I did want to address something that stuck in my craw in both radio hits first. McCaskey ended both interviews saying “Go Rams!” An obvious nod to the Packers’ opponent this weekend wasn’t unexpected. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. So in this case, Bears fans are Rams fans this weekend. Heck, I, myself, have stated our Twitter account is a Rams fan account for the second time in three weeks. W...

It’s the last Monday of 2020. Positive vibes are the only thing I’m asking for today. That means I’m not diving too deep into Mitchell Trubisky’s inexcusable red-zone interception. Or that overthrow of Cole Kmet down the sideline that should’ve been an easy touchdown. I won’t even dwell on how the Bears defense was credited with only one sack and three quarterback hits on Mike Glennon. I’m all about positive energy to start today, so let’s get after it. •   “ People never get the flowers while they can still smell ‘em” is one of my favorite Kanye West one-liners eve...

Kickoff: Noon, Sunday, U.S. Bank Stadium TV: Fox (Chris Myers, Greg Jennings, Jen Hale) Radio: WBBM-AM 780, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote) Sirius/XM (Channel 225, streaming 805) Spanish: Univision Deportes 1200 AM, 93.5 FM (Hector Lopez, Miguel Esparza) The Series: 120th matchup. The Vikings lead the series 61-56-2. The Bears have won four of the last five. Minnesota won the last game Nov. 16 at Soldier Field, 19-13. The Bears have won two straight in Minneapolis. They haven't won three straight there since 1983-85. The Line: Vikings by 3 1/2 (46 1/2 over/under) BearDigest Pi...

Threading the needle between (1) Good Mitch Trubisky performances (against teams he should carve up) and (2) good-faith debates regarding his future with this Bears team has been challenging. But to put it simply put, Trubisky can simultaneously perform well here in the short-term/against certain opponents *AND* not be the right long-term fit for this franchise. Hm. Maybe it wasn’t so hard. With all that being said, Trubisky has been balling since returning to the lineup. He has far more touchdowns (7) than interceptions (2), is completing 67.3 percent of his passes, and owns a 100.0 passer...