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After a 5-11 finish in 2017, the Chicago Bears are ready to take a step forward under a new head coach. John Fox went 14-35 in his three seasons at the helm before being fired, replaced by Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Matt Nagy. Chicago may not be able to overtake the Packers or Vikings […]

As the Chicago Bears look to prepare for the season, there is one dark cloud hanging over the organization, Roquan Smith’s contract. The Bears rookie linebacker and the team are at odds over some wordage in the contract, and general manager Ryan Pace said on the team’s radio pregame show that he had no update […]

The Roquan Smith era with the Chicago Bears has yet to officially start because of some hold up with contract negotiations. There were some holdups before with the language involving suspensions for on the field plays. The Bears wanted suspensions involving the crown of the helmet rule to allow the team to not guarantee the rest […]

As Roquan Smith and the Chicago Bears try to make more progress towards a contract Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio didn’t hold back on his comments about the rookie not being at camp. “Obviously, it’s not advantageous to anybody that he’s not here, and I’ll just leave it at that,” defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said, […]

Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith has the unfortunate title of being the last player in his draft class to sign his rookie deal. The ongoing holdout has seen the No. 8 overall pick miss valuable practice time in training camp. And it doesn’t sound as if the Bears are any closer to finally signing him. […]

The Chicago Bears have steadily improved their roster this NFL offseason with many new additions through free agency and the draft, but there has been the looming cloud of rookie linebacker Roquan Smith’s contract situation. This has led to him holding out with eyes toward working out a rookie contract that is more suitable to […]

Chicago Bears first-round linebacker Roquan Smith will not join his fellow Bears rookies in reporting for the start of the team’s training camp today, per Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Smith, who was taken No. 8 overall and was considered among the top linebacker prospects in this year’s draft, has still not signed his rookie […]

The eighth overall pick in any NFL draft always has high expectations bestowed upon him, but Roquan Smith might already be in a bit of hot water with his new team, the Chicago Bears. In the old days when a new draftee arrived at rookie minicamp, he’d be handed a big binder filled with plays […]

Don’t you dare do it. Don’t you dare think these quarterbacks could actually slide in the epic event we’ve come to worship since the early days of ESPN and the 1983 class, the magnificent NFL Draft. Think back to the last few drafts. A year ago, there wasn’t much at the position. Mitchell Trubisky was scooped […]

The Georgia Bulldogs enjoyed a stellar 2017 campaign after winning the SEC en route to a to a trip to this year’s national championship game. The Bulldogs came one defensive stand away from potentially winning their first national title since 1980. However, if the Bulldogs are to return to the biggest stage in college football next […]