THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL their tight ends - 247Sports - There are a lot of problems with the Chicago Bears offense but they are getting virtually nothing from the tight end position.Listen: Hub Arkush Takes Bears Walter Payton Color Rush Jersey , NFL Calls - 670 The Score - Hub Arkush takes listeners’ calls on the Bernstein & McKnight Show every week.5@5: Trubisky Be Better If Drafted "not bad if you don't mind all the turnovers" to "pretty good, again if you don't mind a few interceptions..." Neither had 300 yards, Mahomes hit just a little over 50 percent completion rate and they had a combined 1/1 TD/INT ratio (3TD’s / 3INT’s including two in the red zone for Watson). Effective? Yes, but transcendent? Not Sunday. This one wreaks of a pre-write shoehorned in to kinda-sorta fit the facts afterwards. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Mahomes & Watson fan, but yesterday we didn't see either of them's best.Aaron Rodgers has high praise for Bears' legend Lance Briggs: "There is just no comparison" - NBC Sports Chicago - The Packers' QB had a bunch of nice things to say about Briggs.Bears at the - Hip injury will land Bears guard Kyle Long on IR, and could bring his future in Chicago into questionGrading Bears at The Break: Triumph and Failure - SI.com - The Bears have had their key moments but the grades overall at the bye week break reflect the degree of uncertainty surrounding their direction.Why Time Away Is Never a Good Thing for Mitchell Trubisky - SI.com - Mitchell Trubisky calls himself a "reps guy," and statistics show he has only a 74.63 passer rating when he's been away from the field for more than your standard seven- or eight-day NFL work weekZeglinski: Will Mitch Trubisky return vs. Saints? Players of intrigue after the bye - Chicago Sun-Times - Even at 3-2, the Bears have a long list of players to keep an eye on when they return from the break: Akiem Hicks, Kyle Long, Roquan Smith and Charles Leno among them.Mike Ditka to receive special honor during Super Bowl - Chicago Sun-Times - The legendary Bears coach will be honored by the NFL as one of the 100 greatest football players of all time when it celebrates its 100th anniversary at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami on Feb. 2Jason Lieser: 7 big questions (including a trade idea) facing the Bears - Chicago Sun-Times - A look at whether the Bears are still the favorites in the NFC North, what to expect from Trubisky in the second half and what’s on the table as they approach the trade deadline.Is this a playoff team? Analyzing the Bears’ biggest problems at the bye - Chicago Sun-Times - The Bears are 3-2, but their offensive problems cast doubt on where they’re heading under coach Matt Nagy.Halas Intrigue Bears Report: Catching up on a quiet bye week - Chicago Sun-Times - We can all agree things aren’t going particularly well for the Bears these days. Compounding matters Gale Sayers Jersey , things seem to be going awfully well for the, gulp, Green Bay Packers.Analyzing the Bears’ biggest problems during their bye - Chicago Sun-Times - Are the Bears a playoff team? Can Mitch Trubisky improve?Matt Nagy's inner conflict as Chicago Bears reach bye week - Chicago Tribune - The 3-2 Bears have plenty to be proud of but much more to worry about after a dispiriting loss in London. The open date gives coach Matt Nagy a chance to weigh all sides.Kyle Long will likely be placed on injured reserve: report - Chicago Tribune - NFL Network reported right guard Kyle Long will likely be placed on injured reserve with a lingering hip issue.Review: Chicago Bears offense at the bye - Chicago Tribune - Mitch Trubisky is injured, the offensive line is struggling and the running game is going nowhere. There's a lot for the Bears to fix on offense during their week off.Chicago Bears Robert Schmitz, Bears Over Beers featuring Jeff Berckes & EJ Snyder, and T Formation Conversation from Lester A. Wiltfong Jr.; Steven’s Streaming Twitch Channel from Steven Schweickert; and Robert Zeglinski’s The Blitz NetworkTHE RULESWindy City Gridiron Community Guidelines - SBNation.com - We strive to make our communities open and inclusive to sports fans of all backgrounds. The following is not permitted in comments. 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(AP) — The Chicago Bears were in trouble, leading by nine with the Rams in prime position following a big interception return by Joe Johnson III on an overthrown ball by Mitchell Trubisky.On the next play, with Los Angeles at the 27, Kyle Fuller picked off a wobbly pass by Jared Goff. In a flash, the threat was over and the Bears could breathe a little easier.That sequence late in the third quarter pretty much summed up the game. A spectacular defense delivered a prime-time performance, bailing out a struggling offense while carrying the NFC North leaders to a 15-6 victory over the NFC West champion Rams on Sunday."We had the interception, right, and then the very next play our defense got an interception, and that's what you're talking about, and so it circled right back to the next-play mentality," coach Matt Nagy said Monday."That's what I thought, we talked about that all week — next play Dick Butkus Color Rush Jersey , next play, next play — and that was a pure example last night from both sides. On defense when you're playing well, OK, next play. On offense, you're not playing as well, next play."The next step could be securing a playoff spot. With three games to go, the Bears (9-4) are closing in on their first postseason appearance since the 2010 team won the NFC North.They bounced back from a wild overtime loss at the New York Giants to win for the sixth time in seven games, and they figure to be tested this week when the Packers visit. Though Green Bay has a losing record and fired coach Mike McCarthy on Dec. 2, the NFL's oldest rivalry has been one-sided in recent years.The Bears have dropped five straight and nine of 10 against the Packers, including a 24-23 gut punch in the opener at Lambeau Field. Green Bay rallied from a 20-0 deficit, with an injured Aaron Rodgers leading the way.But the Bears just took out the team that came in with the best record in the NFL. And they did it with their quarterback struggling, thanks to their dominant defense."It definitely took us to another level going against the best team in the league," linebacker Leonard Floyd said. "It just gave us that extra motivation to go into next week."The Bears simply swarmed Goff William Perry Jersey , who threw a career-high four interceptions. He was also sacked three times and posted a career-low 19.1 rating.Chicago gave Todd Gurley no room to run, holding the NFL's leading rusher to a season-low 28 yards on 11 carries.And the Bears limited an offense that ranked No. 2 to 214 yards."What I'll say is we just had it (Sunday night)," defensive end Akiem Hicks said. "We had a lot of heart, we had a lot of focus and we pulled it out."The Bears needed it on a night when Trubisky had too many passes sail on him. He finished 16 of 30 for 110 yards and three interceptions after missing the previous two games because of a right shoulder injury."There were times I was just trying to do too much, make a play," he said. "I don't know if that's something I was doing mentally from sitting out for two weeks, just coming out here trying to put on a show, make big plays. I need to go in there, do my job."Nagy insisted it wasn't a step back for the Bears quarterback."Not when you win," he said. "He made some plays when we needed to. For him to be able to keep learning, there's gonna be some bumps in the road. You can't throw for 350 yards every game. That's just not gonna happen in this offense in Year 1. That's not gonna happen."NOTE: Nagy said the Bears were still evaluating CB Bryce Callahan, who left with a left foot injury late in the first half.