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Analysis: Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy needs to end this losing streak before it gets out of hand because there's an ideal firing date presented by a mini-bye, and even though the team has no history of in-season firings there is only so much losing one can take.
The Chicago Bears reportedly have signed an agreement to purchase the Arlington Park property in Arlington Heights, putting the storied NFL franchise closer to building the state-of-the-art suburban stadium that founder George Halas first envisioned 46 years ago.
The Chicago Bears confirmed Thursday the organization has submitted a bid to purchase the 326-acre Arlington Park property. It comes 46 years after Bears founder George S. Halas made his first pitch to relocate his team from Soldier Field to Arlington Park. "We welcome the Chicago Bears' interest in the Arlington Park site," Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said Thursday.
Updated 5/15/2021 5:05 PM Legendary Chicago Bears owner George Halas drew rousing applause in 1975 when he spoke of his beloved football team moving from Soldier Field to the suburbs. "I hope and pray that 1977 will find the Bears contending for a title in a new stadium in Arlington Heights," he said to members of the Arlington Heights Chamber of Commerce. A new stadium proposed for the Arlington Park site didn't happen then. And it didn't happen 10 years later when Michael McCaskey, Halas' grandson, raised the possibility of NFL football at the racetrack in the months after the devastatin...
Simply put, Graves wants to see a more level playing field. "If you drill right down to it," Graves said, "the league promises all people who are interested in working with the league an opportunity to a fair, open and competitive process, and we're just asking the league to live up to its promise." After 13 years with the Bears, Graves left in 1997 to join the Arizona Cardinals as assistant to the president. He was elevated to vice president of football operations in 2003 and was promoted to general manager in 2007, remaining in that role through 2012. Graves then served as New York Jets sen...