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LAKE FOREST, Ill. After a three-day weekend, the Bears will return to work Monday at Halas Hall to begin preparing for next Sunday night's home game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Robbie Gould pumps his fist after kicking the game-winner. 2008 Bears results As Devin Hester sprinted down the field, Bears fans got to their feet, figuring victory was at hand.

Leave the power running game on the bus and hand the ball to Jay Cutler. That's the best solution for the Bears with seven games left in a fast-fading season.

Patience is supposed to be a virtue. For Providence senior Steve Arthurs, the current king of the offense, patience as the Celtics' tight end has been as much of a necessity as blocking for his buddy Tim Hanrahan.

Situation: The Bears have a third-and-goal on the San Francisco 1 with 9:51 remaining in the second quarter of a scoreless game.

The Bears talked a lot about finding out what kind of team they are in November, when the NFL season takes a turn toward the serious, and what they've discovered is pretty grisly.

The NFL fined Bears QB Jay Cutler $20,000 for abuse toward a game official and DT Tommie Harris $7,500 for throwing a punch at a player during Sunday's loss to the Cardinals, NFL Network's Jason La Canfora reports, citing a league source.

The last few weeks have not been easy to watch as the 49ers have slipped from a contender to a team that looked like they were a long way away from being worthy of a playoff spot.

Those postseason aspirations aren't looking as realistic anymore. In Mike Singletary's first game as head coach against his former team, the 49ers look to avoid losing a fifth straight game Thursday night against the Bears, who are coming off another embarrassing performance on defense.

By Tony Moss, NFL Editor -- - The team that wins Thursday's primetime battle between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears at Candlestick Park will have the opportunity to kick off its weekend in a positive fashion.

It was supposed to be an intriguing battle between a pair of 4-3 playoff hopefuls, two of the past three NFC champions.

If every Bear were as productive as Greg Olsen on Sunday, there would have been high-fives and cigars all around in the postgame locker room.

Kurt Warner rebounded from a lackluster performance last week against Carolina by matching a career-high with five touchdown passes to lead the Arizona Cardinals to a 41-21 win over Chicago at Soldier Field.

Greg Olsen was nearly a consensus breakout candidate in 2009, especially with Jay Cutler being brought in to the mix.

Lovie Smith defended the aesthetics of his team's win against the Browns the same way 31 other NFL coaches would have.

Not that anyone could blame him. Problem is, this happened at times in Denver and was part of the reason he earned a negative reputation, even before he engineered his way out of town.

With some distance from the victory Sunday over the Cleveland Browns, offensive coordinator Ron Turner finally was able to specify his frustration.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Devin Hester missed practice on Wednesday after suffering an ankle injury against Cleveland this past Sunday.

LAKE FOREST – Bears reserve offensive tackle Kevin Shaffer has a pretty good idea about what to expect Sunday from the Cleveland Browns.

When Bob Babich was the Bears ' defensive coordinator, it was always difficult to figure out where he started and Lovie Smith ended.