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MORRISSEY: ‘Nein’ more years for Bears coach Lovie Smith

suntimes.com

We’re nine years into Lovie Smith’s tenure with the Bears. For nine years, we’ve blankly watched Smith blankly watch football games from the Bears’ sidelines.

suntimes.com

ADAM L. JAHNS: Wide receiver Brandon Marshall went into the Bears’ first meeting with the Green Bay Packers as if it was “like any old game.” But he quickly learned it wasn’t. After hearing all the trash talk from the Packers, Marshall won’t say…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The injuries have been piling up for the Bears in recent weeks and there were so many aching bodies on Wednesday that coach Lovie Smith decided the team would be better served by scaling down their practice time to a walkthrough instead of a normal full…

ESPN.com news services, ESPN.com

Green Bay Packers safety Charles Woodson will remain sidelined for this week's showdown against the rival Chicago Bears, coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday.

ESPN.com

The Chicago Bears didn't practice Wednesday because their beat-up roster needed an additional day of recovery. Clearly, however, their players' mouths -- literal and virtual -- are unaffected. We've already discussed receiver Brandon Marshall's challeng…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Bears made a flurry of roster moves on Tuesday and left themselves with one open roster spot when everything was said and done. That spot is no longer open. The Bears announced that they have re-signed defensive tackle Amobi Okoye two weeks after cu…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has his eyes on the single season rushing record thanks to performances like the one he put up against the Bears last Sunday. If he should fail to reach Eric Dickerson’s historic mark, Peterson will be able to take s…

Mike Florio, profootballtalk.com

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has 1,600 yards in 13 games.  That puts him on pace for 1,969. He’s aimed a little higher than that. As he told Peter King after Sunday’s win over the Bears, Peterson is shooting not for 2,000 but 2,106 — one ya…

Josh Alper, profootballtalk.com

The Packers will be playing to win the NFC North title against the Bears this weekend, so you might think they’d be glad that Chicago will be playing without linebacker Brian Urlacher at Soldier Field. According to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, tha…

ESPN.com

Green Bay Packers offensive lineman T.J. Lang (ankle) was healthy enough to be in uniform for last Sunday night's game against the Detroit Lions. That progress has led to reasonable speculation that he will be ready to play this Sunday against the Chica…

Curtis Crabtree, profootballtalk.com

With the Packers set to head to Chicago this week with a chance to take full control of the NFC North, Green Bay has promoted former Bears defensive tackle Jordan Miller to their active roster from the practice squad. Miller spent 15 weeks on the Bears …

Matt Loede, bearsgab.com

The Chicago Bears placed kicker Robbie Gould on the injured reserve list with a season-ending calf muscle injury Tuesday and signed veteran kicker Olindo Mare. Mare beat the NFL Odds by winning a tryout Tuesday morning at Halas Hall, which included Bill…