Looks like Vikings acted quickly with Poles here in Chicago.

Ryan Poles is already in town, and if the Bears have their way he might not leave without accepting their offer for general manager.

After looking at every play in the NFL this season for timeouts taken outside of the final 4 minutes of a half, 538 concluded that no team took less advantage of each of those individual timeouts than the Chicago Bears. There are some admitted caveats here. This analysis compares the WPA and EPA of the new play to the WPA/EPA of an average play in the given scenario, rather than what would have happened with the broken play. Also, it sets the value of a timeout fairly high and is based on analysis performed several years ago. With that being said, I'm less interested in the absolute values produced here, and more interested in how Nagy compared to his peers in both the number of wasted timeouts, and how well the team performed coming out of those timeouts.

The Chicago Bears never fail to disappoint and this clip from Olin Kreutz's guest spot on The Score from earlier today is a must listen.

Stats are one thing, but what does the film tell you?

CFL Grey Cup is back in Hamilton! The Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Tim Hortons Field on Sunday, December 12, 2021. 108th Grey Cup will feature a rematch of the 2019 event between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats, which was won 33-23 by the Blue Bombers.

Those play action numbers are awful, and for those wondering, Justin Fields had 103 total pass plays called (attempts + sacks + times scrambled) and Mac Jones had 94. Play action is successful at a high rate even if the running game is stagnant, but the Chicago Bears have been running so well this season, which makes their avoidance of this basic play ridiculous.

1st step for a new Bears stadium

Chicago Bears fans, it’s time.

Our guy Bill Zimmerman, who is the Executive Producer of Mad Dog Sports Radio {on SiriusXM 82} -- so you know he rubs shoulders with plenty of legit NFL insiders -- recently spoke with someone that shared some less than idea information with him... Chicago Bears' fans, what do you think about what Bill recently heard?