The 2025 regular season is officially over for the Chicago Bears after a dreadful loss to the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field, finishing 11-6 on the season. Before we get into this week’s Windy City Honor awards, I think it’s worth noting how pleasantly surprising and exciting this season was. After going 5-12 last season, […]
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As the Detroit Lions shift into the 2026 offseason, they have 48 players who finished the season on the roster—on either the 53-man roster, practice squad, or injured reserve—who are not currently under contract with the organization. Let’s take a look at the four different groups those players can fall into, as well as which […]
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The 2025 season is officially in the books. It was a season of growing pains and lessons, lessons from which the Detroit Lions will hopefully learn from as they restock for the 2026 season. The Lions have some soul searching to do in order to recapture their success of 2023 and 2024. Whether that means […]
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THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Bears lose to Lions, finish regular season 11-6 Of course, it had to end this way. In a season full of last-second finishes, the Bears logged one more Sunday at Soldier Field. Chicago Bears’ 2026 opponents are set. Here’s who they will play With the NFL regular season wrapping up Sunday, the […]
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The Detroit Lions’ 2025 season has come to a close, and the Lions now hold the No. 17 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. While the season is complete for over half the NFL, we’ve only just begun to establish the draft order for the majority of this year’s picks. At this stage, we know the […]
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If you thought Detroit Lions left tackle Taylor Decker was battling through injuries this year, buddy, you don’t know the half of it. After the Lions’ final game of the 2025 season—a gritty, last-second win over the Chicago Bears—Decker was going through a lot of emotions in the locker room. Clearly, he was thinking about […]
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If you were a fan of draft position, this was not the outcome for you. If you were a fan of beating the Chicago Bears, grab yourself a seat and celebrate. Despite a disappointing season for the Detroit Lions, they still walked away from their 2025 campaign with a sweep of the Ben Johnson-led Chicago […]
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In a rather meaningless Week 18 game, the Detroit Lions went on the road to play the Chicago Bears. Detroit didn’t care if the game didn’t matter to them, and they played to win. They dominated early on, and despite a late collapse by the defense, the offense saved the day to win the game, […]
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The Detroit Lions walked away from the 2025 season with a win, sending a message to the Chicago Bears that they’ll be back in 2026. The win cost the Lions a few slots in draft position. Here’s where things stand heading into “Sunday Night Football.” The Lions currently have the 17th overall pick in the […]
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The Chicago Bears made a valiant comeback in their game against the Detroit Lions, but for a second week in a row, that comeback attempt fell short. They lost 19 to 16 on a last-second Lions field goal. The loss dropped them to (11-6) on the season, but by virtue of the Washington Commanders’ 24 […]
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The Philadelphia Eagles entered Week 18 needing two results to move up to the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoff picture and host a struggling No. 7 seed Green Bay Packers team that’s finished the regular season on a five-game losing streak. The Lions did their part. They beat Chicago on a game-winning field […]
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Caleb Williams and the offense, flat and plagued by drops for most of the day, did what they do every week—give the Chicago Bears a chance to win a football game. Williams and the offense erased a 16-point deficit on back-to-back fourth-quarter drives, but the Lions had the last laugh today with a game-winning Jake Bates field goal, splitting the uprights as time expired.
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Holy cow, the Chicago Bears tight ends just did a number on the Detroit Lions.
Rookie tight end Colston Loveland just scored a 1-yard touchdown, which was followed by a two-point conversion snag by Cole Kmet. These were amazing catches:
. @colstonlovelan1 is him. 📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/XbLCzGBoUo — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January 4, 2026
. @ColeKmet hangs on for the two-point conversion 💪 📺: FOX pic.twitter.com/1C9A8oBCdA — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) January...
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The Tennessee Titans will once again face a last-place schedule in 2026. That means they will play the teams that finished last in the AFC East, AFC West, and NFC North. They will also take on every team in the AFC North and every team from the NFC East. Of course, as always, they will […]
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For the first three quarters of the Detroit Lions’ season finale against the Chicago Bears, we all had just one question: Where has this team been? Detroit was dominant on both sides of the ball. shutting out the Bears offense through 45 minutes and racking up a 16-0 lead after some failed red zone attempts. […]
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Week 18 continues, and the late slate of games are ready to kick off! Now that the New Orleans Saints have concluded their season, we turn our attention to seven important matchups. Here is today’s late slate: New York Jets at Buffalo Detroit at Chicago Los Angeles Chargers at Denver Arizona at Los Angeles Rams […]
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The Green Bay Packers did what we all thought was pretty impossible just a month ago. They lost their last four games of the season, after starting 9-3-1, but still managed to make the playoffs because the Detroit Lions also had a late-season collapse. Over this same period, the Lions have gone 0-3, and they […]
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The Detroit Lions’ 2025 season is nearly over, but even before Week 18 is concluded, we now know that the Lions will finish in fourth place in the NFC North and who they’ll face in the 2026 season. While the full schedule, including dates and times, won’t be released until May, we do know who Detroit’s home […]
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NFL WEEK 18: CHICAGO BEARS VS. DETROIT LIONS — The regular-season finale is finally here. Chicago’s football team is playing to nail down the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs. Meanwhile, these players and coaches have something to play for in Week 18:
Caleb Williams, quarterback — QB1 can become the team’s single-season passing yardage leader (Erik Kramer, 3,838 yards in 1995) and the franchise’s first 4,000-yard passer with a 270-yard performance through the air.
D’Andre Swift, runn...
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The Chicago Bears (11-5) are back home at Soldier Field to take on the Detroit Lions (8-8), and each team has just announced their inactive players list for the game. CHICAGO BEARS INACTIVES QB – Case Keenum (3rd QB) DE – Joe Tryon-Shoyinka WR – Rome Odunze CB – Nick McCloud OL – Ozzy Trapillo […]
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The Detroit Lions (8-8) and Chicago Bears (11-5) have declared their inactives ahead of their Week 18 matchup. While the Lions took care of the majority of their inactives when they ruled out their injured players on Friday, there were a few more moves that needed to be made. If you missed any of the team’s […]
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Sunday’s 2025 Detroit Lions season finale is likely to be one of the least-watched games in the local Detroit market in several years. In the midst of a three-game skid, the Lions are not just tough to watch right now, they’re also essentially irrelevant—out of the playoff race and with nothing to play for but […]
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Ahead of every Detroit Lions game in 2025, we will provide readers with an updated depth chart of the team’s roster based on information gathered throughout the week. In Week 18, the Detroit Lions (8-8) will take on the Chicago Bears (11-5) to close out the regular season. To help you prepare for this matchup, we have […]
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The 2025 Detroit Lions season isn’t quite what anybody expected. After suffering a monstrous amount of injuries in 2024 and still winning the NFC North and finishing as the top seed in the conference, expectations were high in 2025. Multiple players would return from those injuries, as well as new additions via the draft and […]
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Under Dan Campbell, the Detroit Lions have made a habit of playing meaningful games in Week 18. This time, however, the stakes are far less inspiring. Detroit enters the season finale with only marginal incentives remaining: the possibility of a more favorable fourth-place schedule in 2026, slight draft positioning improvements, and additional snaps for a […]
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