Windy City Gridiron: FanShots

Gould Two Field Goals Away From NFL History

2009-11-06T17:31:46Z

Gould Two Field Goals Away From NFL History

Four years ago, Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould was working construction in Pennsylvania. Now, he's just two made field goals away from becoming the most accurate kicker in the history of the NFL.

wtf?

2009-11-06T17:15:06Z

wtf?

"Edge" cut by 'Hawks

2009-11-03T23:40:59Z

"Edge" cut by 'Hawks

here's to hoping no one has the bright idea to suggest we sign him as a compliment *ha* to Forte

Bears Have Been Worst Offense in NFL Through the OOs

2009-11-03T15:03:36Z

Bears Have Been Worst Offense in NFL Through the OOs

By Advanced NFL Statistic's Win Probability Added (WPA) metric, the Bears have been the worst offensive NFL team throughout the course of the decade. Not a single year of even being average.

Robbie "good as" gould

2009-10-31T03:48:03Z

Robbie "good as" gould

Robbie Gould has become the 2nd most accurate kicker in history yay

Let's Hope The Bears Don't Have "Fat Little Girlfriends" Too

2009-10-30T18:07:13Z

Let's Hope The Bears Don't Have "Fat Little Girlfriends" Too

After Saturday's loss to Texas A & M, Texas Tech head football coach Mike Leach blamed not only his players, but their "fat little girlfriends" too...

Bears' Knox No Jackass

2009-10-29T16:57:52Z

MTV Jackass Johnny Knoxville made a name for himself shocking fans with his outrageous daredevil stunts. Bears rookie wide receiver Johnny Knox is beginning to get recognized for some impressive tricks of his own...

Get Lance Briggs to Pro Bowl

2009-10-28T20:37:11Z

Get Lance Briggs to Pro Bowl

Pro-Bowl vote here

CBA Talks

2009-10-24T13:22:15Z

CBA Talks

our friends over at mile high, have a really good write up on the CBA talks, if anyone is interested.

Best Tackles in the NFL this year

2009-10-22T19:21:26Z

Best Tackles in the NFL this year

Interesting read on Offensive Tackles this year in the NFL, lists stats of allowed sacks, interestingly, Pace has allowed 0.5 and Williams has allowed 2

Gaines Adams Similarity Scores

2009-10-21T22:23:33Z

Gaines Adams Similarity Scores

From Football Outsiders. I especially like that comp. to Alex Brown 2003; if we got a young Alex Brown, then that's worth a 2nd rounder IMHO.

Bears move up in Power Rankings despite loss.

2009-10-20T21:32:50Z

Bears move up in Power Rankings despite loss.

Well for all the things bad, the Bears where still in that game.

Bears the Newest Targets of Twitter-Bully Chad Ochocinco

2009-10-20T19:19:26Z

Bears the Newest Targets of Twitter-Bully Chad Ochocinco

The Chicago Bears have six more days to prepare for Sunday's game in Cincinnati, but for Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco the games have already begun.

No. 85 started his pregame warm-ups as per usual Monday--with some Twitter trash talk aimed at his upcoming opponents. Like an electronically savvy middle school bully, Ochocinco handed out virtual wedgies to Jay Cutler and Co.

Bears cut Gaines for Gaines

2009-10-18T00:09:16Z

Bears cut Gaines for Gaines

ESPN's Kevin Seifert report's Bears cut TE Michael Gaines to make room for newly acquired DE Gaines Adams.

Bears rookie guard Lance Louis faces assault charges

2009-10-13T23:56:41Z

Bears rookie guard Lance Louis faces assault charges

From Florio's article:

Louis has been charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly beating up teammate Nick Sandford, who still plays for the Aztecs.

Sandford suffered a concussion, broken eardrum, and fractured cheekbone as a result of the incident.

Louis is due to be arraigned on October 23. He faces up to a year in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Onion Story: ESPN Completely Misses Brett Favre Vs. Green Bay Packers Storyline

2009-10-11T08:39:46Z

Onion Story: ESPN Completely Misses Brett Favre Vs. Green Bay Packers Storyline

Another good read by The Onion.

Cutler on Diabetes, Ep. 1

2009-10-09T00:02:03Z

Cutler on Diabetes, Ep. 1

Cutler Interview on Diabetes, Ep. 2

2009-10-09T00:00:48Z

Cutler Interview on Diabetes, Ep. 2

Nice piece on Danieal Manning /Lovie Smith.

2009-10-08T11:26:59Z

Nice piece on Danieal Manning /Lovie Smith.

Ball boy outruns Lions STs

2009-10-06T17:14:05Z

Ball boy outruns Lions STs

Not sure if this was posted somewhere already, but it is pretty humorous. Also, Waddle & Silvy managed to get him to call in this morning and he explained that basically it is his responsibility to get the ball after the TD and hold onto it in case the player wants it back as a keepsake. That's why he was sprinting down the sidelines...