The smattering of Bears players who spoke in a quiet locker room following their humbling 36-25 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday all were able to admit their current predicament: This is a team lacking an identity on offense and missing it on defense. But none of the players who talked believed the problems facing the 3-3 Bears are beyond repair. "We essentially have the same guys as last year, we have the same pieces," wide receiver Anthony Miller said.
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Is the Bears’ season doomed? They don’t believe so, but across-the-board regression says otherwise
Sunday, October 20th, 2019The Bears’ blowout loss to New Orleans was a bad sign. Their lack of answers, and options, going forward may be worse.
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Coming out of the bye and supposedly armed with a brand-new lease on running the ball, the Bears finished with 252 yards of total offense – much of it coming in garbage time. "I really thought our run game would be better," Nagy said. early on, there just was not a lot there.
Saints ruthlessly mock Tarik Cohen for his small stature
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen has likely dealt with comments about his height his entire playing career. The 5-foot-6 speedster is among the smallest players in the game, and has been routinely comped to Darren Sproles. With the Bears down by 26 late in the fourth quarter, Cohen caught a short pass from Mitchell Trubisky, and took a huge hit from a defender.
Saints knock off Bears for fifth straight win
Sunday, October 20th, 2019Teddy Bridgewater completed 23 of 38 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the visiting New Orleans Saints rolled to a 36-25 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. Saints running back Latavius Murray finished with 27 carries for 119 yards and two touchdowns. New Orleans (6-1) notched its fifth straight victory despite the absence of injured starters Drew Brees, Alvin Kamara and Jared Cook.
Vikings QB Kirk Cousins has yet another dominant outing: ‘He’s playing the best I’ve seen’
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
With his rough start behind him, Kirk Cousins has thrown for nearly 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns without a turnover in Minnesota’s three-game win streak.
Bridgewater throws for 2 TDs, surging Saints top Bears 36-25
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Teddy Bridgewater threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and the New Orleans Saints improved to 5-0 without injured starter Drew Brees with a 36-25 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The Saints (6-1) again showed why they still see themselves as Super Bowl contenders even though their star quarterback is out indefinitely because of a torn ligament in his right thumb. Bridgewater completed 23 of 38 passes, Michael Thomas had nine receptions for 131 yards, and Latavius Murray ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns.
Latavius Murray’s best plays from 119-yard game | Week 7
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Watch the best plays from New Orleans Saints running back Latavius Murray in their Week 7 win over the Chicago Bears. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on FOX
Saints stomp Bears, move to 5-0 with Bridgewater
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
That would have sounded crazy to say about the Saints when Brees suffered the thumb injury that knocked him out for much of this season, but the Saints dominated the Bears 36-25 today and improved to 5-0 in games Teddy Bridgewater has started this season. Bridgewater completed 23 of 38 passes for 281 yards, with two touchdowns and no turnovers. He played very well against a good Bears defense, and showed that the Saints are just fine with Brees sidelined.
Bears-Saints takeaways: A bleak outlook looms for 2019
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Not every week in the NFL is a referendum on a given team's season, but the Bears' 36-25 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday sure felt like one. The Bears will point to being 3-3 a year ago before ripping off nine wins in their last 10 games. But it would be foolish to think 2019 is going the way of 2018's magical run to the NFC North.
Watch Cordarrelle Patterson take a kickoff 102 yards to the house for a Bears touchdown
Sunday, October 20th, 2019
Hold off on those panic tweets! Down 9-0 (safeties, lol), things were looking bleak in Chicago. Then, in the span of like 10 seconds and 102 yards, Cordarrelle Patterson single-handedly reminded Bears fans all over the country that the game was not, in fact, over yet: It had been a while since the Bears had a kickoff return TD at Soldier, too: