Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears will make a big announcement Wednesday as they reveal some of their first plans for a new, “state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed stadium” along Chicago’s lakefront.

The Bears have pledged up to $2 billion in private funding for a stadium. Reports say taxpayers would be on the hook for the rest.

The Bears announced on Tuesday that right tackle Darnell Wright and weakside linebacker T.J. Edwards are last season’s recipients of the team’s Brian Piccolo Award. Since 1970, the team has recognized two players each year– one rookie and one veteran– who best exemplify Piccolo’s courage, loyalty, teamwork, dedication and sense of humor. Piccolo wa...

The Bears have developed a system, and a special symbol, to help them identify their can’t-miss prospects in the draft. If a player exhibits all the traits they want, regardless of whether that player has a first-round grade or a seventh-round grade, the team puts a little Bears head icon on their tag. “We call them the Grizzly,” GM...

The Bears only have four picks in the 2024 NFL Draft, but general manager Ryan Poles isn’t worried about finding a way to add more picks. The state of his fast-improving roster has him confident that four picks will deliver what the Bears need.

The Bears love that Caleb Williams is thinking big about his NFL career, before he’s even drafted. A picture of Williams’ phone circulated earlier this week, which showed his goals clearly listed on his lock screen. Included was “Superbowls x8,” a nod to surpassing Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowl championships. Some have balked at Williams’ lofty goal...

Bears’ GM Ryan Poles already knows what he’s going to do with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Even though he won’t say it outright, he’s going to select Caleb Williams to take over as the team’s next quarterback. Shortly after that enormous decision becomes official, however, Poles will be faced with another big choice: what to...

One day before the moment Chicago Bears fans have been waiting for for months — the NFL Draft, where the Bears have the No. 1 pick — the team is set to deliver on another highly anticipated moment.

Ryan Poles wanted to involve key veteran leaders in the Bears’ final evaluation of Caleb Williams. The feedback he got cemented the Bears’ expected decision to draft the USC star with the No. 1 pick.

Bears Insider Josh Schrock let Bears Twitter take the wheel in his latest mock draft and it led to a big win, two trade downs, and a few curious misses.

The Chicago Bears will unveil plans this week for a proposed state-of-the-art stadium along Chicago’s lakefront, the team announced Monday.

Fans still hoping to snag a ticket to the Bears draft party at Soldier Field on Thursday night might be out of luck. Tickets to celebrate the all-but-certain start of the Caleb Williams era at the Bears’ home stadium are sold out. Those who did snag tickets will not only get the chance to watch the first round unfold at…

Caleb Williams is open about his desire to match and catch Tom Brady, and he wants a team willing to do everything necessary to help him reach that rare air. Having greatness demanded of them is precisely what the slow-changing Bears franchise has desperately needed.