Nick Foles warms up before the Giants game. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Mitch Trubisky was 13-for-22 for 128 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He has a passer rating of 71.8. ATLANTA — After Mitch Trubisky’s third-quarter interception Sunday, Matt Nagy had enough. The Bears coach switched to veteran Nick Foles after Trubisky […]
Read MoreThe Bears visited the Lions in their opener, then hosted the Giants in Week 2. | Getty Fines are normally enforced by the end of the following week, but the NFL was backed up on disciplinary issues from the opening weekend. There were a handful of altercations in the Bears’ opener against the Lions and […]
Read MoreMatt Nagy coaches the Bears against the Giants on Sunday. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The coronavirus lockdown has made us all wistful for things we once considered drudgery: riding shoulder-to-shoulder on the ‘L,’ waiting in line for airport security and, in the case of Matt Nagy, playing preseason games. The coronavirus lockdown has […]
Read MoreMitch Trubisky throws Sunday against the Giants. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Through two games, the Bears have proof-of-concept that play-action works. Trubisky now needs to make them dangerous when they run it. It’s not natural for quarterbacks — particularly those, like Mitch Trubisky, who grew up in the shotgun — to turn their […]
Read MoreJenkins played 40% of the snaps in the Bears’ win over the Giants. | Getty The Bears plucked the veteran McCullers from the Steelers’ practice squad and signed him Thursday morning. The Bears signed seven-year veteran defensive tackle Daniel McCullers from the Steelers’ practice squad Thursday, a source said, and will have him available Sunday […]
Read MoreGiants cornerback James Bradberry intercepts a pass intended for Allen Robinson on Sunday. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Allen Robinson remains frustrated about the pace of contract extension talks. Allen Robinson remains frustrated about the pace of contract extension talks. The Bears receiver was curt Wednesday when asked whether negotiations had progressed, one week […]
Read MoreGiants running back Saquon Barkley (26) is out for the 2020 season after suffering a torn ACL in his right knee against the Bears on Sunday at Soldier Field. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The Bears came out unscathed after a torturous day of injuries Sunday — Saquon Barkley was one of seven players who suffered […]
Read MoreStephen A. Smith and Marcus Spears take on New York Giants fans Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim-Rose in a debate about the future of the franchise following news of star RB Saquon Barkley being sidelined with injury for the rest of the season. #FirstTake #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe […]
Read MoreGiants running back Saquon Barkley is carted to the locker room after being injured during the first half of Sunday’s game against the Bears. The Giants said Monday he will miss the rest of the season. | Nam Y. Huh/AP The Giants said an MRI on Monday confirmed Barkley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in […]
Read MoreDanny Trevathan celebrates the Bears’ win in Detroit. | Rey Del Rio/Getty Images Sunday against the Giants, Trevathan played less than half the Bears’ snaps – 48 percent. The Bears drastically reduced inside linebacker Danny Trevathan’s playing time Sunday, one week after he appeared a step slow and almost gave up the game-winning touchdown. Trevathan […]
Read MoreChris Mortensen and Mike Tannenbaum join SportsCenter to discuss New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley’s season-ending ACL injury and the number of injuries sustained by the San Francisco 49ers’ defense in Week 2 of the NFL season. #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ http://espnplus.com/youtube ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ […]
Read MoreNew York Giants running back Saquon Barkley likely will miss the rest of the season with a major injury to his right knee. The Giants (0-2) said an MRI on Monday confirmed Barkley tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the knee on Sunday in a loss to the Chicago Bears. The 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie […]
Read MoreGiants running back Saquon Barkley is carted to the locker room after being injured during the first half of Sunday’s game against the Bears. The Giants said Monday he will likely miss the rest of the season. | Nam Y. Huh/AP The Giants said an MRI on Monday confirmed Barkley tore the anterior cruciate ligament […]
Read MoreMooney caught his first career touchdown pass in the first half against the Giants. | AP Photos A weekly look at how the Bears split up their playing time and what it means. Bears coach Matt Nagy is reworking some of his plans for the offense on the fly, and the emergence of fifth-round pick […]
Read MoreChicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) signals against the New York Giants during the first half of an NFL football game in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. | Nam Y. Huh/AP Photo The Sun-Times’ Bears reporters break down a 17-13 win over New York. Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash break down the Bears’ […]
Read MoreBears outside linebacker Robert Quinn hangs onto Giants quarterback Daniel Jones before he flips the ball for a completion Sunday. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images The Bears’ defense has ended the past two games with a feeling of relief — not dominance. They’ve hung on to win, but the degree of difficulty remains concerning. […]
Read MoreBears quarterback Mitch Trubisky is sacked by the Giants’ Lorenzo Carter on Sunday at Soldier Field. | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images They barely beat the Giants after leading 17-0 at halftime You sit there, you watch the Bears and, against your better judgment, you get sucked in. Look at all the different players who […]
Read MoreWalmart, Amazon and other corporate giants donated money to a Tennessee state lawmaker’s reelection campaign after she used social media to amplify and promote the QAnon conspiracy theory, according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance records and the candidate’s posts. The corporate support for a QAnon-promoting politician is another example of how the […]
Read MoreWhich Mitch Trubisky will show up against the Giants? | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Our Bears experts look ahead to Week 2. Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash break down Allen Robinson’s contract standoff, predict how Mitch Trubisky will play Sunday and pick their winners for the Bears-Giants game. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will […]
Read MoreStephen A. Smith quickly turns a Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Giants discussion into criticism of the Dallas Cowboys. #GetUp #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔️ Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV ESPN on […]
Read MoreThe Get Up crew discusses Saquon Barkley’s struggles and Daniel Jones’ performance in the New York Giants’ loss against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Monday Night Football. #GetUp #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SUBSCRIBEtoNBAonESPN ✔️ Watch […]
Read MoreMatthew Berry, Field Yates and Daniel Dopp recap the MNF match-ups between the Giants and Steelers and the Broncos and Titans, Stephania Bell provides updates on injuries, and the team breaks down which RB, WR, and TE you should pick up on the waiver wire. ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn […]
Read MoreNew York Giants running back Saquon Barkley joins Maria Taylor via Zoom to discuss the optimism head coach Joe Judge has brought to the team and his take on the future of an offense lead by Daniel Jones before facing the Steelers in Monday Night Football. ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: […]
Read MoreRio Tinto said its CEO and two other top executives would step down over the mining giant’s destruction a pair of ancient caves in Australia. Chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques will leave by March 31 of next year in response to the May blast at Juukan Gorge, a historic site that humans had occupied for 46,000 […]
Read MoreNew York Giants head coach Joe Judge joins Keyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams and Zubin Mehenti to discuss Saquon Barkley and Sterling Shepard leaving open the possibility of a boycott during the 2020 NFL season, the criticism and skepticism about him after an unsuccessful history of many former Bill Belichick coaches, dealing with the pandemic, the […]
Read MoreStephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Ryan Clark discuss if New York Giants RB Saquon Barkley deserves to be ranked ahead of Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott on ESPN’s Top 100 Players list. #FirstTake #NFL ✔️Subscribe to ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ ✔️ Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn ✔️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE ✔️ Subscribe to NBA […]
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