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Larry Mayer's Chalk Talk - Larry discusses expectations for Martellus Bennett, whether WR Marquess Wilson will contribute as a rookie and if Eric Weems will play on offense.
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Player profile - Dan Durkin with the good, the bad and the ugly of 2012 first-round pick Shea McClellin.
Bears schedule - Maggie Hendricks: The Bears start the first quarter of the season with two playoff teams, a division rival and a perennial favorite in the midst of rebuilding.
Cutler and wife, Kristin, honeymoon in Italy - "Just had the most amazing 2 weeks in Italy!" Cavallari tweeted. "My jeans are tight so u know it was a success ha." She could have worn one of these...
[Video] CSNChicago discussion - When there's 24 days until Bears training camp and nothing to talk about, all you can do is to talk about nothing. Tune in to see Kaplan, Morrissey et al. talk about nothing. Srsly.
NFL.com's all-time underrated, overrated Cowboys - Elliot Harrison says Marion Barber was overrated as a closer. He didn't get any better when he left Dallas, either.
Ex-Bear news - Larry Mayer: Former Bears DT Tommie Harris will join a team of climbers on a 19,340-foot trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa in an effort to raise money for clean water projects.
Super Bowl Shuffle photographer sues Chicago Tribune, Fox Sports - "After the 1985 football season and Super Bowl XX, with the exception of the occasional nostalgic broadcast of a clip from the music video, The Super Bowl Shuffle faded from the scene."
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What are the NFL's most combustible relationships? - Adam Schein identifies nine potential sources of football fireworks and Jay Cutler isn't one of them? I call scheinanigans.
Harsh supply-demand realities biting veteran RBs - Pat Kirwan: Former headliners like Willis McGahee, Michael Turner and Cedric Benson are unemployed, maybe done.
Know thy enemy: Lions - [Video] Kevin Seifert and Jeffri Chadiha discuss the possibility of the Lions as a playoff contender, and go over expectations for Reggie Bush, Ryan Broyles and Ndamukong Suh.
No, really: a wizard singing a Russian pop song.