John Tait

Even the most pessimistic types have to tip the cap to the Bears for the big splash they made as free-agency season opened this week. Martellus Bennett has a chance to be more of a difference-maker at tight end than the Bears have had since Mike Ditka....

Big yellow construction trucks in the parking lot outside his office greet Bears coach Marc Trestman every morning. Giant mounds of dirt surround the Bears' headquarters. Part of the team's Lake Forest facility remains off limits as major renovations...

Free agency is full of false hope and flimsy promise. That said, the parade honoring the Bears for winning the first day of free agency should be scheduled for noon Wednesday on Michigan Avenue. Let the confetti fall and the band play. Free agency...

Heading into his fifth season with the Bears, Jay Cutler doesn't have a whole lot more to ask for at this point. General manager Phil Emery continued to build around the quarterback Tuesday, making aggressive moves in the first three hours of free agency...

Sixth in a 14-part series leading up to the start of Bears training camp. The further the Bears get away from their appearance in Super Bowl XLI, the better the offensive line for that team, built almost exclusively through pro free agency, looks. It...

Devin Hester playfully referred to it as "Secret Weapon No. 5," but the rest of the NFL knows it as the "Wildcat" offense. The direct snap to the running back has been a staple in the Miami Dolphins' attack all season. Suddenly, it has become part of the...

Look at the new Bears depth chart and one thing jumps off the page. Starting free safety Danieal Manning, the replacement for the injured Mike Brown, just became the defense's most irreplaceable player. Now nobody is suggesting Manning suddenly means as...

My favorite story It's fashionable for journalists to complain about working Super Bowls, but there are few better gigs than covering one involving your local team. It's one of those moments when you know every single word you write will be read. Play...

Using a black marker to decorate an orange pumpkin, Adrian Peterson felt right at home Tuesday at Misericordia Heart of Mercy on the North Side. The reserve Bears running back and special-teams standout visited the institution with offensive lineman John...

Brian Urlacher could have rattled off a list of excuses to explain why the Bears, touted as the best team in the NFC entering the season, are 1-3 and buried deep beneath 4-0 division foe Green Bay. He could have looked at the injuries that kept four...

John Tait wore a walking boot and a look of befuddlement, just one of many Bears who seemed unable to process Sunday's spectacular collapse. "I'm not sure what just happened," Tait said. The proof remained illuminated on the scoreboard at Cleveland...

All week, the Bears vowed to make some noise in the 86th season opener in franchise history. Instead, they couldn't hear because of it. Kyle Orton, the first rookie quarterback to start a Bears opener since Zeke Bratkowski in 1954, had his helmet...