Current Chicago Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson played football at the University of North Carolina as a walk-on quarterback under offensive coordinator John Shoop, who also happened to be the Bears’ play-caller in 2001.
Shoop, serving as offensive coordinator under then-head coach Dick Jauron when Chicago visited Cincinnati on Oct. 21, 2001, played a formative role in Johnson’s coaching development. Johnson has credited Shoop as one of his biggest mentors, and it seems fitting that we revis...
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This summer, I took the opportunity to survey the landscape of Chicago Bears rivalries entering the 2025 NFL season. This included a ranking of the team’s (or fanbase’s) ten biggest rivals, with three honorable mentions thrown in for good measure: My ranking took a number of factors into consideration, but now that the we are […]
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One week ago, our fanbase was still riding high after watching the Chicago Bears win a fourth straight game. According to our Reacts survey, our confidence in the franchise was 96%. Also, only 7% of our fans believed this 2025 version of the team is still the “same old Bears.” So things were looking up. […]
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1.) 2005, Bears @ Saints: Bears beat the Saints at Tiger Stadium for their first 4 game win streak since 2001 In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which tore off nearly 70% of the Superdome’s roof and forced the Saints to play their “home games” across three different stadiums, including LSU’s Tiger Stadium, Kyle Orton […]
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On her latest Making Monsters podcast, Taylor Doll got some help from a couple of friends to preview this Sunday’s Chicago Bears vs Cincinnati Bengals game. First, she’s joined by our very own Bill Zimmerman to preview the Bears’ side of the ball and how Chicago’s offense can get going against a struggling Bengals team. […]
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The Chicago Bears look to get back in the winning column after dropping one last week to the Baltimore Ravens. Their opponent is the Cincinnati Bengals, who have a porous defense and give us some interesting opportunities to bet on Chicago Bears players on props. Last year, we published after Lamar Jackson was a “full […]
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The Cincinnati Bengals have a lot of firepower on their offense, while the Chicago Bears are reeling defensively due to injuries. It’s a battle of strength versus weakness in a lot of ways this weekend and it’s going to be a tough match up for the Bears to get a win on the road. But […]
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Bears News Chicago Bears running back D’Andre Swift will miss Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals due to a groin injury. The team officially ruled him out Friday after the 26-year-old did not practice all week. Swift has been managing the groin issue for several weeks. He appeared on injury reports before the Bears’ last […]
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Here we go again, Chicago Bears fans. That old fear is back. The fear that this team got it wrong again. With every chance to get it right. With the No. 1 overall pick in their clutches and the choice of any of the three top QBs in the 2024 before them. It was hard […]
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Earlier today, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson said that at some point, they’d have to give running back D’Andre Swift a week off to get his body right. Swift has been playing through a groin injury while racking up 277 yards the last three weeks, and while he wants to play on Sunday, Johnson […]
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The final Bears injury report of the week is out, and it’s ugly. Ben Johnson’s offense will be without three notable names in Cincinnati this week.
Chicago Bears Injury Report — October 31, 2025
The Chicago Bears will be without running back D’Andre Swift on Sunday as he deals with a groin injury. Roschon Johnson will also miss Week 9, placing the load squarely on rookie Kyle Monangai on Sunday in Cincinnati.
PLAYERS WHO HAVE BEEN RULED OUT
Running Back D’Andre Swift (gro...
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This year marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest Super Bowl runs and teams in NFL history – the 1985 Chicago Bears. All season long, we’ll go week by week, documenting the Bears‘ dominating run from Week 1 through the Super Bowl XX win in New Orleans.
LAST WEEK: Shuffling Through ’85: Bears Defense Dominates Vikings in Another Win
Week 9: Bears 16, Packers 10
It wasn’t pretty, but in Week 9 of the 1985 season, the Bears went into Lambeau Field and beat the...
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The Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) hit the field on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET at Paycor Stadium against the Chicago Bears (4-3). Below, we highlight potential DFS options to consider.
Bears vs. Bengals Game Info
When: Sunday, November 2, 2025 at 1 p.m. ET
Where: Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio
TV info: CBS
Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo (Regional restrictions apply)
Live Stream: Watch this game on Paramount+
Bears DFS Projections
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Modern football is all about big plays and as a companion piece to the STEP Differential, I’m tracking the Bears big plays all year in this Infogram: Chicago Bears 2025 STEP Differential TrackerInfogram Last year’s tracker is on the second page. Remember that you can click into the tabs on the lower left to see […]
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The Miami Dolphins have a new general manager calling the shots, and it is a name that might sound familiar to Chicago Bears fans.
General Manager Chris Grier is OUT in Miami after a reported mutual parting of ways. In his place, on the interim, will be Champ Kelly. Before the Dolphins cut ties with Grier and promoted Kelly to the interim GM spot, Kelly held the title of senior personnel executive. ESPN’s Adam Schefter has the news:
Dolphins senior personnel executive Champ Kelly now...
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It was encouraging to see three of the four Chicago Bears receivers who missed Wednesday’s practice participate in activities on Thursday. That second-year wideout Rome Odunze was one of them was a good bit of news. And if you were wondering about Odunze’s availability for the team’s Week 9 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, the answer will leave you exhaling with relief.
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#Bears WR Rome Odunze tells us that he’s playing on Sunday. He’s dealing with a...
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The Chicago Bears had the magic run out on Sunday with a bumpy loss to the Baltimore Ravens. How will the team rally against a Cincinnati Bengals team that is certainly beatable without Joe Burrow? We sat down with Anthony Cosenza from Cincy Jungle, SB Nation’s Cincinnati Bengals site, to get the Bengals’ perspective on […]
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My high school alma mater plays a football playoff game today. Here’s hoping that this isn’t the only bit of playoff football I’ll see this year.
Desperate times often call for desperate measures. And when desperate times call for desperate measures, things tend to get weird. So you can imagine the look on my face when I saw that Chicago Bears Offensive Coordinator Declan Doyle was looking to try some “unorthodox” things in an attempt to rid the team of its penalty problem:
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The Bears found themselves in unfamiliar territory as they rode the wave of a 4-game winning streak entering a matchup with the struggling Baltimore Ravens this past week. Despite the contrast in team records and the absence of Lamar Jackson, Baltimore was still viewed as the betting favorite in this game. On one hand, this […]
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WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be […]
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The Chicago Bears are back on the road this Sunday for another AFC North matchup, and hopefully, this one is better than the last one. Much like the Ravens were a week ago, the Cincinnati Bengals are also missing their Pro Bowl quarterback. But as we just saw in Baltimore — on any given Sunday […]
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We have a brand new Bear Bones podcast with host Dr. Mason West previewing all the latest about the upcoming Chicago Bears vs the Cincinnati Bengals game. For a third week in a row, the Bears have a lengthy injury list, so Mason will give his best guess on whether the players will play and […]
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The Bears could be facing a backup quarterback when they take the field in Cincinnati on Sunday. Bengals head coach Zac Taylor said veteran Joe Flacco is “ 50-50 ” to play against Chicago as he continues to battle a sprained AC joint in his throwing shoulder. Flacco, who finished last week’s 39-38 loss to the Jets, returned to practice Thursday in a limited capacity after sitting out Wednesday, testing the injured shoulder on a rainy afternoon in Cincinnati.
Flacco’s availability remains ...
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An article from ESPN yesterday suggests the Chicago Bears should be buyers before next Tuesday’s 4 pm (ET) trade deadline, and one voice is suggesting an unconventional addition to the squad. Though Chicago has few truly glaring positions of need offensively, the defense could use some help, especially up front. But Benjamin Solak floated a […]
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The Ravens saved their season on Sunday with a win against the Chicago Bears. Now they attempt to shift the momentum and kickstart a run with the return of Lamar Jackson to a home-away-from-home game down in Miami against the Dolphins. The Dolphins are a struggling team in 2025, but the Ravens haven’t been much […]
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