The Bear’s Den, June 7, 2019

RIP DR. JOHN

BEAR DOWN, CHICAGO BEARS, BEAR DOWN!!!!

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Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 92, Matt Suhey - Chicago Tribune - Before the Bears’ 100th season, the Tribune's Bears reporters and editors ranked the 100 best players in franchise history. Matt Suhey is No. 92.

Photos: Bears OTAs at Halas Hall - Chicago Tribune - Photos from Bears OTAs at Halas Hall on June 5, 2019.

Bears All-Time offensive unit would’ve given Matt Nagy some interesting – VERY interesting -- options - NBC Sports Chicago - Taking a look at the Bears' All-Time offense.

Hoge and Jahns: Third Week of OTA’s, Bears 100 Celebration, and Has There Been Too Much Beer Chugging? - WGN Radio - Adam Hoge and Adam Jahns get together to recap the third week of OTA's. They talk about the depth at wide receiver and what the team does during "Augusta Silence". The guys also prepare for the big Bears 100 Celebration that will take place this weekend(June 7-9). Hoge and Jahns debate whether there has been too much beer chugging by the quarterbacks around the NFL this offseason. They play audio from Bears head coach Matt Nagy, and Packers' quaterback Aaron Rodgers, who both weighed in on the bubbly subject.

Kyle Long: ‘I’ve never had a team that has gelled like this’ - BearsWIre - Chicago Bears guard Kyle Long said he's never played on a team as tight as the Chicago Bears are in 2019

Berckes & Snyder's Bears Over Beers Episode 10: Pass Catchers - Windy City Gridiron - Jeff and EJ talk wide receivers, tight ends, the movie Deadpool, and EJ mixes up a beer cocktail to start your summer off right.

Mayer: Fans react to Bears all-time team - ChicagoBears.com - After seeing the players selected for the all-time offense, defense and special teams as constructed in the Bears Centennial Scrapbook, fans gave their ideas for what they would change and who should be added.

Bears 100 Celebration Weekend: Cost, hours and everything to know before convention - Chicago Sun-Times - Here’s a fan guide for the Bears 100 Weekend Celebration, which begins June 7 at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. The NFL football team is touting the Bears convention as the largest-ever gathering of Bears in anticipation of the franchise’s 100th season.

POLISH SAUSAGE

Larry Fitzgerald: Kyler Murray knows the offense better than we do – ProFootballTalk - Kyler Murray is a rookie quarterback, and Larry Fitzgerald is a longtime veteran, future Hall of Fame receiver who has spent his entire career in Arizona. And yet it’s Murray who’s ahead of Fitzgerald in learning the Cardinals’ offense.

OBJ, Jarvis Landry get a day off from mandatory minicamp – ProFootballTalk - The most compelling scene from last season’s Hard Knocks came when former coach Hue Jackson and former offensive coordinator Todd Haley discussed/debated/argue whether veteran players should get days off during training camp.

Cardinals claim LT Desmond Harrison via waivers - NFL.com - Desmond Harrison was released by the Browns on Wednesday. He’s been claimed by the Cardinals on Thursday. The left tackle started eight games in 2018 as a rookie.

State of the Franchise: Chargers enter 2019 as AFC West’s best - NFL.com - Is this the year the Chargers put it all together and make a Super Bowl run? Adam Rank takes stock of where the Bolts stand heading into the 2019 season.

KNOW THY ENEMY

Detroit Lions sign Jermaine Kearse - Pride Of Detroit - Turns out the Lions will be adding the veteran receiver.

Lions RB C.J. Anderson can get revenge on 2 teams that cut him - Pride Of Detroit - Welcome to the C.J. Anderson Revenge Tour.

Aaron Rodgers’ plan to boost Davante Adams’ targets seems overambitious - Acme Packing Company - Aaron Rodgers targeted Davante Adams a robust 169 times last season, but the Packers’ quarterback wants to increase that figure in 2019.

Aaron Rodgers discusses commitment to getting back in rhythm - Acme Packing Company - Schoolyard ball has been his signature in recent years, but comments this week reveal that Rodgers knows that's not a sustainable offense.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ON WINDY CITY GRIDIRON

Zeglinski: The Chicago Bears have to get over the Eagles’ hump - Windy City Gridiron - It’s been a long time since the Bears could get playoff revenge. They’ll soon have their chance over the Eagles.

Sunderbruch: Jay Cutler is good, but he’s no Sid Luckman - Windy City Gridiron - For fans who hope to see Jay Cutler break another team record, it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on the career of the man who set that record--Sid Luckman.

Wiltfong: Greatest Chicago Bears Seasons - Sid Luckman 1943 - Windy City Gridiron - With this being the 75th anniversary of the invasion on Normandy, we wanted to share an article about one of the men that stormed the beach that day, Bears’ Hall of Famer, Sid Luckman.

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