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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-gm-ryan-poles-thought-chiefs-trade-rejected');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears GM Ryan Poles admits he thought Chiefs trade would get rejected');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ryan-Poles.jpg"><figcaption>© Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears GM Ryan Poles admits he thought Chiefs trade would get rejected</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-08T14:17:34-07:00">April 8th, 2:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-08T14:17:34-07:00">April 8th, 2:17pm</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-acquires-joe-thuney-stunning-trade-with-chiefs">Chicago Bears traded for Joe Thuney</a>, it caught general manager Ryan Poles by surprise. Although the trade was a done deal, Poles <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6259669/2025/04/08/ben-johnson-hiring-ryan-poles-bears/" rel="noopener">didn’t think it would happen</a> with the Kansas City Chiefs.</p><p>“I thought it was going to get turned down, to be honest with you,” Poles said via Adam Jahns of The Athletic.</p><p>That trade sparked the beginning of a fruitful and productive offseason for Chicago. They re-signed players, they managed to trade for more stars, and made the roster more complete. Since taking over the job, Poles has had his hands full.</p><p>He managed to fire both head coach Matt Eberflus and offensive coordinator Shane Waldron and put Ben Johnson as the head coach. Not to mention, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ryan-poles-brutally-honest-challenging-caleb-williams">Poles specifically wanted to challenge Bears quarterback, Caleb Williams</a>.</p><p>The latter, who was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, had a rocky start to the campaign. Now, with some more consistency around him, Williams and the team can thrive.</p><h2><b>Ryan Poles sees hope for the Bears’ future after Chiefs trade</b></h2><p>There was one statistic that was one the Bears wanted to forget. Williams was sacked seven times in a loss to the San Francisco 49ers. That was a microcosm of the offensive line woes that season.</p><p>The franchise quarterback <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/nfl-qb-most-sacked-2024-to-2025" rel="noopener">was sacked 68 times</a>, the most amount in the NFL. It sparked some necessary moves for the Bears.</p><p>One of those was addressing the offensive line. After the Kansas City Chiefs lost the Super Bowl, many thought they were wanting to run it back.</p><p>While they might, Chicago snagged Thuney from Kansas City for nearly pennies on the dollar. Securing an all-pro offensive lineman is a must, and one that the Bears managed to do with efficiency.</p><p>Still, the general manager gives credit to the front office for how everything has transpired.</p><p>“I love our group,” Poles said. “Everyone’s able to think and come up with creative solutions to find a way and find a path to improve the team. And that’s just a really good example on both sides.”</p><p>Although the offseason moves have been fruitful, it won’t matter unless there are some W’s in that respective column. Following a 5-win season in 2024, under Ben Johnson, the Bears hope to secure a playoff spot.</p><p>Even in a jammed NFC North, they might have a chance to sneak in. If that’s the case, then the fanbase and the organization will have Poles to thank for the rapid turnaround.</p><p>He turned Chicago from a nondesirable destination to a marquee spot for top free agents and players across the NFL.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears GM Ryan Poles admits he thought Chiefs trade would get rejected

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-jaylon-johnson-truth-bomb-heightened-expectations-ben-johnson');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears’ Jaylon Johnson drops truth bomb on heightened expectations with Ben Johnson in charge');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Jaylon-Johnson.jpg"><figcaption>© Peter van den Berg-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears’ Jaylon Johnson drops truth bomb on heightened expectations with Ben Johnson in charge</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-08T11:51:11-07:00">April 8th, 11:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-08T11:51:11-07:00">April 8th, 11:51am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Even when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-hiring-ben-johnson-next-head-coach">Chicago Bears hired Ben Johnson as their next head coach</a>, Jaylon Johnson knew what to expect. After all, Chicago had an underwhelming 2024 campaign.</p><p>Despite drafting rookie quarterback Caleb Williams and securing free agents, the 5-12 record didn’t match the talent. While there were organizational issues, there was also an underachieving mentality many had.</p><p>However, the final four to five weeks of the season showed major promise. Still, Johnson feels the heightened expectations <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/04/08/bears-offseason-program-jaylon-johnson-ben-johnson-head-coach-new-matt-eberflus-hype-dont-win-no-games" rel="noopener">won’t mean much without production</a>, according to Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times.</p><p>“Hype don’t win you no games,” said Jaylon Johnson, who famously voiced his displeasure with former head coach Matt Eberflus following the team’s Thanksgiving loss to the Lions. “I’ve been here a minute. I’ve been through the hype.</p><p>“And we don’t win no games. So, for me, if it’s not about winning, quite honestly, I don’t really care about it.”</p><p>Now, there seems to be a new culture shift in Chi-Town. After all, the new head coach was previously the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.</p><p>His efforts helped the Lions reach the 2024 NFC championship game, in addition to the No. 1 seed in the 2025 NFL Playoffs. Although they lost, he had been on the head coaching radar for quite some time. Now, the Bears can start a new era.</p><h2><b>Jaylon Johnson tempers the Bears’ expectations</b></h2><p>Johnson has excelled the past two seasons, making two Pro Bowls. However, his team hasn’t produced many wins to go with it. With the new head coach running it back with a similar roster, the expectations are tamed.</p><p>In Johnson’s rookie season, the Bears lost to the New Orleans Saints <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/202101100nor.htm" rel="noopener">in the Wild Card</a>. Since then, the team has not reached the playoffs.</p><p>He is hoping that Chicago can squeeze into the playoffs once again. Because of that experience in his rookie season, that is where Johnson’s expectations lie.</p><p>“I’ve been through it too many times, man,” Johnson said. “I’m going to get excited when we win in November. And December. And when we change some things and get into the playoffs. That’s when I’m going to get excited.”</p><p>Williams’s second year, a new offensive system and a new sense of pride can be the deciding factors. Plus, with Johnson’s experience in the playoffs, that will be vital for his younger teammates.</p><p>He can establish how to treat November and December, and how to prepare for the playoffs. In a tightly contested NFC North though, it will be extremely tough. After <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-fans-outpouring-support-justin-fields-jaylon-johnson-offseason-begins">Johnson received support from Bears fans</a>,</p><p>However, Johnson feels that expectations can be met this upcoming season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears’ Jaylon Johnson drops truth bomb on heightened expectations with Ben Johnson in charge

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-proving-hes-real-deal-chicago-stars');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Ben Johnson is proving he’s ‘real deal’ to Bears’ stars');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Chicago-Bears-head-coach-Ben-Johnson-answers-questions-from-the-media-during-the-NFL-Annual-League-Meeting-at-The-Breakers.jpg"><figcaption>© Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>How Ben Johnson is proving he’s ‘real deal’ to Bears’ stars</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-08T10:33:40-07:00">April 8th, 10:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-08T10:33:40-07:00">April 8th, 10:33am</time><address><a>Ben Strauss</a>Ben Strauss is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears have made some huge strides forward this offseason. Chicago’s biggest move may have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-hired-ben-johnson-without-in-person-interview">hiring Ben Johnson as their next head coach</a>. He is already inspiring confidence from several important Bears players.</p><p>Bears head coach Ben Johnson has reportedly wowed many of the team’s star players. Chicago was particularly impressed by Johnson’s opening remark to the team.</p><p>Chris Emma of 670 The Score got several quotes on Tuesday from Bears player who were gushing about their new head coach.</p><p>One of those players was linebacker Tremaine Edmunds. He explained that Johnson’s <a href="https://x.com/CEmma670/status/1909634204343709831" rel="noopener">confidence as a first-time head coach</a> is quite impressive.</p><p>“You can feel it, the confidence level,” Edmunds said. “Being a first-time head coach, being able to address the room, that’s important. You feel that as players. … I felt that. I’m like, ‘OK, this guy’s the real deal.’”</p><p>Bears QB Caleb Williams also chimed in on <a href="https://x.com/CEmma670/status/1909644806361362581" rel="noopener">building a bond with his new head coach</a>.</p><p>“If you have that position right, it helps with a bunch of different things,” Williams said. “So, building that bond, him pushing me and us growing together for years to come. It’s going to be fun. I can’t wait. And to be able to learn more about ball, because he’s super smart, super sharp.”</p><p>Finally, defensive back Jaylon Johnson added that he <a href="https://x.com/CEmma670/status/1909630554418315591" rel="noopener">appreciates the sense of urgency</a> from Ben Johnson.</p><p>“Just setting the tone for what we want to do this year, really having a sense of urgency right now,” Johnson said. “… Establishing who we are right now and the work for that goal.”</p><h2><b>NFL executive compared Bears head coach Ben Johnson to Sean McVay</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bears.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Chicago Bears are not the only ones confident that Ben Johnson will be a successful NFL head coach.</p><p>One NFL executives told The Athletic’s Mike Sando that he is confident Johnson will have a successful NFL career. In fact, the source <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/lions-news-nfl-exec-parallels-ex-coordinator-super-bowl-winning-hc">compared Johnson to Rams head coach Sean McVay</a>.</p><p>“Ben Johnson took total advantage of the four-down game-management approach because he’s a really, really good play caller, an evil genius, really,” one exec said via The Athletic. “Losing him would almost be like the Rams losing Sean McVay.”</p><p>There is plenty of confidence in Chicago that Johnson will single-handedly turn around the team’s woeful offense.</p><p>It will be fascinating to see what kind of plays Johnson draws up for Caleb Williams and the Bears later this fall.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Ben Johnson is proving he’s ‘real deal’ to Bears’ stars

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-rumors-chicago-hint-keenan-allens-departure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears rumors: Chicago delivers hint of Keenan Allen’s departure');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bears-wide-receiver-Keenan-Allen.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Daniel Bartel-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears rumors: Chicago delivers hint of Keenan Allen’s departure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-08T09:55:22-07:00">April 8th, 9:55am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-08T14:48:06-07:00">April 8th, 2:48pm</time><address><a>Owen Crisafulli</a>Owen Crisafulli is a Senior Editor and NFL Lead at ClutchPoints. He recently received his Masters in Business Administration from Nichols College. Previously, he obtained his Bachelor's degree in Sport Management and for a while ran his own sports website. Sports are his passion, and he thoroughly enjoys writing about thoughts and opinions that are related to the game. He has been a lifelong fan of the major professional teams in Boston and loves discussing all topics surrounding those teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears have made it a goal of theirs to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/bears-news-ryan-poles-brutally-honest-challenging-caleb-williams">support their quarterback of the future, Caleb Williams</a>, this offseason by addressing several needs on offense. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-ben-johnson-reacts-to-bombshell-offensive-line-moves">offensive line</a>, in particular, looks to be one of the best in the league after the front office swung several moves to revamp the position. However, one move that may not be in the cards is a reunion with veteran wide receiver Keenan Allen.</p><p>The Bears picked up Allen in a trade with the Los Angeles Chargers last offseason, and he ended up catching 70 passes for 744 yards and seven touchdowns. He took a backseat to other weapons in the offense at times, though, with D.J. Moore and Rome Odunze getting bigger roles than him as the season went on. Allen has been linked to a reunion with the Chargers in free agency, and fans were quick to note that the Bears <a href="https://www.si.com/nfl/chargers/bears-hint-keenan-allen-returning-chargers" rel="noopener">gave away his No. 13 jersey</a> to wide receiver Maurice Alexander.</p><p>“Those Bears listed the 2025 roster and tucked into the massive wealth of information there is a notable little detail—wide receiver Maurice Alexander has been assigned the No. 13. That No. 13, of course, last belonged to Allen, who donned the same number during his lengthy Chargers tenure,” Chris Roling wrote for Los Angeles Chargers on SI.</p><h2><b>Bears, Keenan Allen seem set to head in different directions</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Keenan-Allen.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With Moore and Odunze establishing themselves as the Bears one-two punch at wide receiver, and other weapons like tight end Cole Kmet and running back D’Andre Swift lurking, the need for Allen isn’t where it once was. A third wideout to work behind Moore and Odunze would be nice, but that could be a spot that the team targets in the 2025 NFL draft, rather than re-signing Allen.</p><p>Allen has been hinting at a return to Los Angeles recently, and while this jersey number issue could be cleared up quite easily, all signs are pointing to him leaving Chicago after just one season. Anything could happen, as Allen is free to sign with any team, but it seems as if the ship has sailed when it comes to him potentially rejoining the Bears this offseason.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears rumors: Chicago delivers hint of Keenan Allen’s departure

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ryan-poles-brutally-honest-challenging-caleb-williams');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears GM Ryan Poles gets brutally honest on ‘challenging’ Caleb Williams');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Caleb-Williams-4.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bears GM Ryan Poles gets brutally honest on ‘challenging’ Caleb Williams</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-07T10:11:13-07:00">April 7th, 10:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-07T10:11:13-07:00">April 7th, 10:11am</time><address><a href="https://haydencilley.wixsite.com/hayden-cilley-s-port">Hayden Cilley</a>Hayden Cilley joined ClutchPoints in August 2024 as a Phoenix Suns and Mercury reporter, as well as an Associate Editor. Hayden graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He recently covered the Phoenix Mercury for The Next Hoops and PHNX Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With all the twists and turns of the Chicago Bears season, Caleb Williams has been the main constant. That even caught general manager Ryan Poles’s attention.</p><p>Although <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bears-news-caleb-williams-sets-unwanted-record-49ers">Williams was sacked seven times in a Bears loss</a>, that was a microcosm of what he dealt with. He dealt with his head coach being fired, and some other organizational moves.</p><p>Regardless, Poles is glad that Williams went through that adversity. With bringing in new head coach Ben Johnson, the general manager expects his potential star quarterback to <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44520763/bears-ben-johnson-anxious-get-work-caleb-williams" rel="noopener">embrace the difficulty</a>.</p><p>“To me, it was more of creating an environment to challenge [Williams] more than it was to — I don’t know another word — but kind of baby him along,” general manager Ryan Poles told ESPN’s Courtney Cronin.</p><p>“I think there’s a space for building someone’s confidence, but I think you have to be demanding and challenging of the expectations of what you’re looking for. I think guys respond to that really well, and I think he needs that and desires that.”</p><p>In the final four to five weeks of the season, Williams threw <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WillCa03/gamelog/2024/" rel="noopener">11 touchdowns and only one interception</a>. His confidence improved, and he didn’t look rattled. That was a night and day difference from the beginning of the season.</p><h2><b>Ryan Poles hopes Bears’ Caleb Williams embraces challenges</b></h2><p>Some of the challenges Williams faced weren’t exactly to test him. Poles wanted him to have the best group around him. Although they signed a barrage of free agents and made trades last season, it didn’t pan out.</p><p>Some of it was because of head coach Matt Eberflus and Shane Waldron. There were reports about Waldron not meeting with the quarterback to go over plays.</p><p>There was no question about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-radio-host-blasts-caleb-williams-work-ethic">Williams’s work ethic</a> and his wanting to grow. For him to grow though, they need the right resources around him.</p><p>A head coach like Johnson can do wonders for the star quarterback. He helped transform the Detroit Lions and gave them a premier offensive identity.</p><p>Even though there might be a sophomore slump, Poles thinks that isn’t the case. Williams’s work ethic and dedication to improving himself and his teammates is unmatched.</p><p>Now, it is about challenging him from an on-the-field perspective. If the Bears can do that, they can make some serious progress. Offensive weapons like Rome Odunze, Keenan Allen, and DJ Moore have the potential to be great.</p><p>At this point, it might be about putting all of the pieces of the puzzle together to make something happen.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears GM Ryan Poles gets brutally honest on ‘challenging’ Caleb Williams

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He excels with his versatile coverage of the NFL, NBA, soccer, sports media, and more. As a longtime self-professed sports junkie, it is a dream to write about sports professionally. He’s a lifelong Buffalo Bills fan from Western New York and when he’s not enjoying a round of golf he's probably coaching youth soccer or flag football. You can catch all of his sports-related musings on Twitter at @twcrean.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The last time the city of Chicago had two professional football teams was in 1959, when both the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals called the Wind City home. Now, with both the Cincinnati Bengals’ and the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/bears-news-kevin-warren-drops-confident-take-after-stadium-setbacks">Bears’ stadium situation in flux</a>, NFL insider Mike Florio suggests that <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bengals-bears-could-in-theory-come-together-and-pay-for-a-stadium-in-chicago" rel="noopener">now may be the time to try it again</a>.</p><p>“With the Bears getting nowhere when it comes to finagling taxpayer funding for a new stadium, the solution could come from having a second team play there,” Florio writes on PFF.com. “Instantly, the inventory of games would double, from 10 to 20. It would become much easier for the Bears (and possibly the other team, unless it’s just a tenant) to pay for the building with minimal public assistance.”</p><p>So, where would the second Chicago team come from?</p><p>“Enter the Bengals,” Florio says. “They’re less than three months away from the final countdown to the expiration of their lease at Paycor Stadium. During the league meetings this week, executive V.P. Katie Blackburn said the quiet thing out loud — after 2025, the Bengals can go wherever they want to go.”</p><p>This is a fascinating situation to ponder.</p><p>The last time an NFL team relocated was in 2017 when the Chargers franchise moved from San Diego to Los Angeles. Prior to that, the Rams moved to LA from St. Louis in 2016, and the Baltimore Ravens moved from Cleveland in 1996.</p><p>The Chicagoland area is already home to two Major League Baseball teams, so there would seem to be enough fans to support two NFL franchises, and two (notoriously penny-pinching) ownership groups of the Bears and Bengals going in on a Chicago stadium also makes sense.</p><p>All that said, even Florio admits that “The chances of this actually happening are low.” But he also cautions that as cities become less and less willing to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/bears-news-chicagos-new-stadium-efforts-slapped-with-harsh-reality-check-by-j-b-pritzker">cough up billions of dollars to build football stadiums for billionaires</a>, “it might take brash creativity to solve the current stadium situations” for the Bears and Bengals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-bolster-roster-with-2-more-veteran-signings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bears bolster roster with 2 more veteran signings');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Chicago-bolsters-roster-with-2-signings.jpg"></figure><h1>Bears bolster roster with 2 more veteran signings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T16:15:45-07:00">April 3rd, 4:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T16:15:45-07:00">April 3rd, 4:15pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna has joined ClutchPoints as Associate Editor of NFL &amp; NCAA Football. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports. His Twitter/X handle is @LJ_Reyna and his Instagram is @lj_zo_rey.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears carried their aggressive offseason into the first week of April. This time general manager Ryan Poles is adding skill position talent at wide receiver and cornerback via NFL free agency.</p><p>Poles and Chicago added two late veteran additions Thursday, per Ari Meirov of The 33rd Team. Wide receiver Miles Boykin and cornerback Shaun Wade <a href="https://x.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1907902727994110172" rel="noopener">are the brand newest additions</a>. Both join <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/caleb-williams-gets-new-mentor-with-latest-bears-addition">Case Keenum in coming over to the Bears</a>.</p><p>Boykin hands second-year quarterback Caleb Williams one more needed weapon. Poles and head coach Ben Johnson have done their part in bolstering the weaponry around the 2024 first overall pick.</p><p>Wade, meanwhile, adds an extra coverage defender to a secondary that ranked 19th in interceptions. Both veterans are signed with the NFL Draft still three weeks away.</p><h2><b>Bears additions add veteran needs ahead of 2025 </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Miles-Boykin-of-Giants-1.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Boykin hands Williams a towering new target.</p><p>The 6-foot-4, 223-pounder scored a combined seven touchdowns in his first two seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. The AFC North franchise drafted him in the third round of the 2019 draft. Boykin also started 24 games across his rookie and sophomore campaign.</p><p>Boykin, however, didn’t start at all in 2021. He managed to squeeze in eight games of action. He’s only delivered one start between 2021 to 2023. Boykin hasn’t started since the 2022 season while with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Seattle Seahawks are his last employer, who placed him on their practice squad. Boykin has turned to special teams lately in his career, especially with the Steelers.</p><p>Boykin suited up for multiple teams in ’24. He was with the Giants and Seahawks — the former handing him action during the August preseason slate.</p><p>Wade, meanwhile, is another former Ravens player. Although his time with Baltimore got short lived, as the CB got traded to the New England Patriots.</p><p>The 26-year-old played 2021 to 2023 with the Pats. He cracked the starting lineup in six games for the latter season. Wade delivered 23 tackles with 21 solo stops and delivered two tackles behind the line of scrimmage.</p><p>Wade is another 2024 practice squad member. He was with the Los Angeles Chargers last season. Now he heads to a CB room featuring All-Pro Jaylon Johnson.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bears bolster roster with 2 more veteran signings

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/chicago-bears/caleb-williams-gets-new-mentor-with-latest-bears-addition');   ga('set', 'title', 'Caleb Williams gets new ‘mentor’ with latest Bears addition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Caleb-Williams-gets-new-mentor-with-Chicagos-latest-QB-addition.jpg"></figure><h1>Caleb Williams gets new ‘mentor’ with latest Bears addition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T16:03:08-07:00">April 3rd, 4:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T16:03:08-07:00">April 3rd, 4:03pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna has joined ClutchPoints as Associate Editor of NFL &amp; NCAA Football. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports. His Twitter/X handle is @LJ_Reyna and his Instagram is @lj_zo_rey.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago Bears have launched an emphasis on building around Caleb Williams. That now includes adding a “mentor” for the starting quarterback on Thursday.</p><p>Chicago and general manager Ryan Poles are bringing in veteran Case Keenum. The former NFC title game quarterback received this late deal from the Bears, per ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter.</p><p>“Veteran QB Case Keenum is signing a one-year deal worth up to $3 million with the Chicago Bears, per source. Keenum now will help mentor Caleb Williams in Chicago like he did for CJ Stroud in Houston,” Schefter said.</p><p>Keenum indeed backed up but also guided the 2023 rookie sensation Stroud. That came during Keenum’s third different stint in the city of Houston.</p><p>Keenum started his NFL career with the Texans from 2013 to 2014. He even starred at the University of Houston collegiately.</p><h2><b>Caleb Williams ‘mentor’ brings experience to Bears </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Case-Keenum-with-Texans-.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Keenum will head to the Windy City as a non-threatening backup. He’ll only step in if Williams gets injured or struggles massively.</p><p>But again, this move brings Williams a trusted veteran QB to lean on and learn from.</p><p>Keenum brings 66 career NFL starts on his resume, all while playing in 80 total regular season games. He unfortunately lost his first eight games as a starter during his inaugural league season of 2013.</p><p>However, he became a sudden household name across the NFL during the 2017 season with the Minnesota Vikings. Keenum went 11-3 overall as a starting quarterback. He even became a rare folk hero in the Twin Cities <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgc8slY6qrg" rel="noopener">for his epic last-second touchdown pass</a> to Stefon Diggs during the playoffs. The “Minneapolis Miracle” against the New Orleans Saints catapulted the Vikings to the NFC Championship game.</p><p>Keenum has since started in 28 total games since then. He’s 10-18 in those contests. The 37-year-old is more known as a journeyman QB — with stops in Denver, Washington, Cleveland, Buffalo and the second Texans stint along the way. Keenum was placed on injured reserve in 2024.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Caleb Williams gets new ‘mentor’ with latest Bears addition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/detroit-lions/lions-news-nfl-exec-parallels-ex-coordinator-super-bowl-winning-hc');   ga('set', 'title', 'NFL exec draws parallel between ex-Lions coordinator and Super Bowl-winning HC');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ben-Johnson-Aaron-Glenn.jpg"><figcaption>© Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><h1>NFL exec draws parallel between ex-Lions coordinator and Super Bowl-winning HC</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T15:34:28-07:00">April 3rd, 3:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T17:44:36-07:00">April 3rd, 5:44pm</time><address><a>Dakota Zientek</a>Dakota Zientek graduated from the University of Iowa in 2020 and has been writing about the NFL ever since. As a die-hard NFL fan, Dakota's fandom rides with the Chicago Bears through thick and thin -- regardless of how much pain it has caused his heart throughout the years. One day, he believes he will celebrate the Bears winning a Super Bowl. Maybe even... a few?</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Once the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/lions-news-lose-another-assistant-coach-former-coordinator">Detroit Lions lost Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn</a>, there was no doubt that Dan Campbell would need to find two top-notch coordinators to fill their shoes in 2025 and beyond. However, following the NFL’s annual owners meetings, multiple execs had comments spill out about other teams in the league. Specifically, one NFL exec <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6244284/2025/04/03/nfl-free-agency-2025-nfc-execs-best-worst/?source=user_shared_article" rel="noopener">had some strong words to say</a> to the Lions after letting ex-offensive coordinator Ben Johnson go, comparing him to Super Bowl champion head coach Sean McVay.</p><p>“Ben Johnson took total advantage of the four-down game-management approach because he’s a really, really good play caller, an evil genius, really,” another exec said via <i>The Athletic</i>. “Losing him would almost be like the Rams losing Sean McVay.”</p><p>Now, is it fair to compare either one? No. Sean McVay has been a head coach for eight seasons, while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/chicago-bears-bold-predictions-ben-johnson-first-season-as-head-coach">Ben Johnson is entering Year 1</a> as the Chicago Bears’ leader.</p><p>Could Johnson evolve into a McVay-like coach after leaving the Lions? Certainly, but that comparison might be a bit early to make.</p><p>One area that makes sense to compare them with is age. Johnson is 33 and entering his first head coaching gig after a handful of years with the Lions, while McVay was 31 when the Los Angeles Rams hired him. As two young, offensive-minded coaches, the comparison is there. But, not every young, offensive-minded head coach should get trotted out as the next big thing.</p><p>Not too long ago, the Denver Broncos hired up-and-coming offensive genius Josh McDaniels as a spry 33-year-old to become their head coach following Mike Shanahan. However, even after multiple seasons of success with the New England Patriots, McDaniel had an okay first year with the Broncos, following it up with an absolute stinker of a 12-game stretch in 2010, causing him to get fired after a Week 13 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.</p><p>So, although Johnson has set himself up well to succeed with the Bears after a handful of years perfecting his craft as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-ben-johnson-gets-hell-of-a-coach-praise-lions-jared-goff">one of the top young offensive minds</a> in the NFL, that doesn’t mean it’s bound to happen.</p><p>And while <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/detroit-lions/lions-news-detroit-fans-in-shambles-after-ben-johnson-jets-for-bears">Lions fans weren’t too happy</a> about their former offensive coordinator taking a job within the NFC North, they’ll have two chances each regular season to take down their former coach.</p><p>However, if Ben Johnson turns into the next Sean McVay, it’d be understandable for Lions fans to be rather upset with him leaving for the Bears.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NFL exec draws parallel between ex-Lions coordinator and Super Bowl-winning HC

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/green-bay-packers/packers-news-green-bay-finds-ally-in-bears-over-tush-push-ban');   ga('set', 'title', 'Packers find ally in Bears over Tush Push ban');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bears-chariman-George-McCaskey-on-Jan-22-2025.jpg"><figcaption>David Banks-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Packers find ally in Bears over Tush Push ban</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-04-03T08:34:12-07:00">April 3rd, 8:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-04-03T08:34:12-07:00">April 3rd, 8:34am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As there are ongoing conversations surrounding the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/packers-rumors-the-change-that-will-be-made-to-tush-bush-ban-proposal">Tush Push ban proposal by the Green Bay Packers</a>, the team is looking for supporters and while the Chicago Bears are their on-field rival, the two are allies on this topic. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/packers-news-matt-lafleur-tush-bash-banned-but-problem">debate for the “Tush Push” ban proposal by the Packers continue,</a> there’s no doubt that this will be a topic heading into the upcoming season.</p><p>Per the latest report from ESPN’s Kalyn Kahler, she recounted the meeting on Tuesday between executives of various football teams as some spoke on the proposed ban. One who was a proponent was Chicago chairman George McCaskey who <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44490948/nfl-tush-push-brotherly-shove-rules-changes-philadelphia-eagles-green-bay-packers-buffalo-bills" rel="noopener">“spoke about the risk”</a> of the play.</p><p>“In Tuesday’s session, six sources in the room told ESPN that Bears chairman George McCaskey stood up in favor of the proposal and spoke about the risk,” Kahler wrote. “Saying that a serious injury was going to happen, and when it did, they would all look back on this vote and remember it.”</p><h2><b>Bears standing with Packers on proposed Tush Push ban</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Tush-Push-on-Feb.-9-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>As the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/nfl-stories/nfl-rumors-how-competition-committee-feels-about-packers-tush-push-proposal">competition committee will vote on the Packers’ ban proposal</a>, the session not only consisted of McCaskey saying his thoughts, but Eagles owner Jeffery Lurie as well defending the play.</p><p>“McCaskey took the floor before Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie, who waited his turn to speak,” Kahler wrote. “The sources in the room said Lurie defended the play, arguing that it is uncommon, offensive trends come and go, there’s no injury data and it’s not fair to penalize one team. Then Bills owner Terry Pegula stood up to support the proposal and responded to Lurie’s points with a line that some of the sources in the room interpreted as a joke, that Lurie’s future Hall of Famer center Jason Kelce retired because of wear and tear from the tush push.”</p><p>At the moment, the league is split on the play with 16 teams in favor on the ban as in an effort to make more team support it, there is plans to broaden the proposal.</p><p>“Two sources in Tuesday’s voting session said clubs were split,” Kahler wrote. “With exactly 16 in favor of Green Bay’s proposal, and that the Packers will rewrite the proposal to be broader and prohibit all pushing of the runner ahead of the next league meeting on May 20-21 in Minneapolis.”</p><p>At any rate, while the Packers and Bears will face each other twice this upcoming season, they will stand side by side on this issue.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Packers find ally in Bears over Tush Push ban

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He is a die-hard NFL fan who cheers for the Detroit Lions. He has previously written fantasy football content for IDPGuys and ImportantNonsense.com.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Chicago Bears</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Chicago <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicago-agreement-new-stadium">Bears have been trying to build a new stadium</a> for quite some time. Chicago continues to play at Soldier Field while they explore options for building a new stadium outside of the city. The team has also explored plans for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-chicagos-new-stadium-efforts-slapped-with-harsh-reality-check-by-j-b-pritzker">building a huge lakefront stadium along Lake Michigan</a>. Chicago is now shifting its focus on where it plans to build a new stadium.</p><p>Bears team president and CEO Kevin Warren explained on Wednesday that the team is <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44505008/bears-expand-options-stadium-site-include-arlington-heights" rel="noopener">expanding their options for a new stadium</a>. Warren said Chicago will consider Arlington Heights, Illinois as another potential venue for a new stadium.</p><p>“The focus now is both downtown and Arlington Heights,” Warren said via ESPN’s Courtney Cronin. “These are not linear processes or projects. They take time, they take a lot of energy and effort. I am very, very pleased with where we are. I think we, collectively as a group, are where we thought we would be.”</p><p>The Bears purchased the land in Arlington Heights for $197.2 million in the fall of 2021. They have not begun developing the land since that time.</p><p>When purchased, the land was expected to become a multibillion-dollar stadium project that features restaurants, retail space, and real estate per Cronin.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/chicago-bears/bears-news-new-stadium-drama-takes-another-twist-after-major-shift-in-plans">Bears have brought up the Arlington Heights location before</a> while planning where to build their new stadium.</p><h2><b>Bears still hoping to begin construction on news stadium in 2025</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Kevin-Warren.jpg"><figcaption>Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The Bears may still be uncertain about where to build their new stadium. However, they still have a clear deadline in mind to move the project forward.</p><p>Warren noted that the team has made “progress” with Arlington Heights, but there is still much work to be done.</p><p>“Because these projects are so complex and so difficult, they’re literally virtually impossible to do if you don’t have all hands on deck and everyone committed,” Warren said. “Even if you have that they’re difficult. So that was important to see the focus on it.”</p><p>Bears owner George McCaskey noted that private equity could be used as part of the plan to finance the construction of the new stadium.</p><p>“Yes, my goal still remains, to be able to move dirt around in 2025, which is important because there’s a lot of preconstruction work that needs to go into these projects, whether you’re at the museum campus, Michael Reese [hospital site] or downtown, to get things ready to go, and so we’re only one-quarter of the way through the year,” Warren said.</p><p>Hopefully the Bears can get approval for their new stadium site as soon as possible.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
RUSHING YDS	RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOTAL TDS	POSITION RANK
39.3	8.7	18.8	0	79

2024 SEASON STATS
RUSHING YDS	RECEPTIONS	RECEIVING YDS	TOTAL TDS	POSITION RANK
39.3	8.7	18.8	0	79

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