Chicago Bears News

JUST BECAUSE BEARS coach Lovie Smith seems intent on beating his head against the wall, it doesn't mean fantasy leaguers have to do the same.

Garrett Wolfe, a third round pick in 2007 out of Northern Illinois has landed on the injured reserve for the second straight season.

Cleveland Browns' Josh Cribbs is upended by the Bears' Garrett Wolfe on a kickoff return in the third quarter of a Nov.

DONOVAN McNabb played the "must-win" card yesterday. Fascinating, that is. He talks a lot these days about how young this Eagles team is, about how veteran leadership is lacking, and now a quarterback whose tendency is to say nothing has chosen this moment to draw a bright line in the shifting sands.

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.

's left ankle are torn. He certainly isn't. Orton adamantly wants to start Sunday against San Diego and help the Denver Broncos snap out of a monthlong funk that has wiped out their 3 1/2-game cushion over the Chargers in the AFC West.

Unless the Bears stage a dramatic turnaround the remainder of this season, it seems a virtual certainty that somebody on Lovie Smith 's coaching staff will end up being a scapegoat with a pink slip in hand at the end of the season.

CHICAGO a * Jay Cutler has thrown a league-leading 17 interceptions, and after he threw five against the 49ers, Coach Lovie Smith even said that type of performance could shake the quarterback's confidence.

Despite these deficiencies, the Bears can move the ball up and down the field behind Cutler's arm.

CHICAGO - Balance is admirable, both in offenses and arguments. So allow me to try to add some of it to the interesting case Rex Grossman's father laid out.

The following is a list of inactive players for tonight's NFL game. CHICAGO BEARS AT SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, 8:20 P.M. Bears - S Al Afalava, S Kevin Payne, RB Garrett Wolfe, WR Juaquin Iglesias, G Lance Louis, DT Matt Toeaina, DT Jarron Gilbert, LB Pisa Tinoisamoa 49ers - 3rd QB Nate Davis, CB Keith Smith, CB Nate Clements, RB Glen Coffee, C Cody ...

Cornerback Sheldon Brown was a limited participant in practice this afternoon and said there was "a good chance" he'll play Sunday night at Chicago despite a strained hamstring that forced him out of Sunday's loss at San Diego.

The right time to evaluate the Jay Cutler - Kyle Orton trade is not now, but a couple of years from now.

Things reportedly got a little testy backstage at ''Saturday Night Live'' this weekend when Fergie spied a couple of copies of People magazine -- featuring the cover story about her hubby Josh Duhamel's alleged fling with that stripper.

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 father of former Chicago Bears starting quarterback Rex Grossman says the struggles of the team's current signal-caller redeems his son.

The Bears stood little chance in their home finale this weekend and came out on the losing end of a 47-14 drubbing at the hands of the mighty Texas Longhorns.

A lot of websites run an "approval rating" poll periodically to gauge the fan base's opinions on the football team.

A Pittsburgh Steelers fan almost died, after he says a Chicago Bears fan poisoned him.

So it has come to this: We're in mid-November, and the Bears are talking about running the table.