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Sadly For Bear Fans, "This Is Our Season"

There's no other way to put it, the Chicago Bears are a joke. A joke so pathetic that we as fans can't even help but laugh; even though we know what we're cackling at isn't funny...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 2 days ago 420 reads 14 comments
It's Officially Time To End the Lovie Smith Era In Chicago

A year ago, after the Bears suffered a frustrating divisional loss at Minnesota, I suggested the Bears should possibly consider making a coaching change at the end of the season due to a string of uninspired efforts...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 24 days ago 532 reads 25 comments
Chicago Bears Must Turn It Up to "11" This Week At Atlanta

Nothing is worse than seeing your favorite team lose simply by giving a game away, and no one gave one away quite like the Bears did in Week Six last year...

Written by Clay Cunningham about about 1 month ago 307 reads 1 comments
33 Bullet Point Evaluations/Statements About the NFL's First Four Weeks

With most teams one quarter of the way through their season, there certainly are a great deal of NFL story lines to discuss. If I were a better writer, I may have a stunningly in0depth analysis of one or more of them...

Written by Clay Cunningham about about 1 month ago 221 reads 2 comments
Points Per Pixel: Using Tecmo Super Bowl for Fantasy Football Rankings

With less than two weeks before the NFL regular season finally gets underway, millions of us are spending countless hours ranking hundreds of players to see who we deem worthy of a slot on our fantasy rosters...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 3 months ago 844 reads 11 comments
Week One Pivotal For The Chicago Bears Receiving Core

Much (some might even say endless) debate has been sparked about whether or not Jay Cutler has enough weapons to power the Bears passing game to the necessary heights needed to get this team back into the postseason...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 3 months ago 474 reads 1 comments
The Five NFL Franchises I Am Beyond Grateful Not To Be a Fan of

Even if you support a perennial powerhouse, any fan of any team knows suffering through a loosing season now and then is to be expected and endured...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 3 months ago 250 reads 15 comments
My Bottom Five Chicago Bear Moments Of The Past Decade

A few weeks back I made a slideshow depicting my five favorite moments as a Chicago Bear fan from the past decade. Even though the 218 article reads it received didn't exactly scream for a follow-up ...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 4 months ago 496 reads 8 comments
Why the New York Giants Will Not Make the Playoffs in 2009

With Training Camps opening, NFL fans everywhere are getting increasingly antsy, as the beginning of the new NFL season draws ever closer. As a new year begins, as do preseason Super Bowl predictions...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 4 months ago 641 reads 21 comments
Michael Vick Reinstated By The NFL

According to a breaking news bulletin on NFL.com, Roger Goodell has reinstated the troubled ex-Atlanta Falcon Quarterback. The bulletin reads as follows: "The NFL has reinstated Michael Vick on a conditional basis, the league announced Monday...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 4 months ago 144 reads 0 comments
My Top Five Chicago Bear Moments of the Past Decade

I've been searching my memory bank for the last few days in order to recollect my favorite Bear moments from the past decade. Sadly, this search wasn't as difficult a task as I would have hoped...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 4 months ago 252 reads 16 comments
Why the Atlanta Falcons Are the Frontrunners of the NFC

Last season, they stunned the NFL, making an inconceivable playoff run just one year removed from one of the most disastrous campaigns in NFL history...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 4 months ago 1,594 reads 42 comments
The Five Chicago Bears Who Absolutely Must Step It Up In 2009

This offseason has been one of the most noteworthy the Bears have had in a very long time, creating an eagerness for the upcoming season that has been lacking ever since Super Bowl XLI ended in crushing defeat...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 5 months ago 1,078 reads 11 comments
Houston Rexans: Grossman to Sign With Houston

According to a report on NFL.com, former Bears Quarterback Rex Grossman is poised to sign a one-year deal with the Houston Texans, where he will compete with former Lion Dan Orlovsky, to backup Matt Schaub...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 5 months ago 222 reads 9 comments
Why the '09 Chicago Bears May Resemble the Pre-Train-Rex Days

"We get off the bus running the ball." -Lovie Smith, following virtually every Bears game over the past five years. While the Bears have been a run-first team for pretty much the duration of ...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 6 months ago 605 reads 2 comments
My Realistic Expectaions For The 2009 Chicago Bears

It's amazing what having a proven quarterback can do for the confidence of a fan base. Cynicism is in very small supply in Chicago these days, as I witnessed first-hand at the Bears Expo at Soldier Field last Sunday...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 6 months ago 481 reads 8 comments
The 10 Questions I Would Ask Matt Forte

So I get to go to the Bears Expo this Sunday (not a bad 25th birthday present) and I could not be more excited. I have never been to, nor do I have an intimate knowledge of the event, but I hear rumblings that various players will be in attendance...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 6 months ago 252 reads 2 comments
Remembering the Strange Odyssey of the 2001 Chicago Bears

I became a Bears fan in 1991 at the age of seven. It has certainly been a mixed-bad from an emotional standpoint. In that time, I've seen them win 136 games while loosing 152. I've seen a mere three playoff victories...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 6 months ago 273 reads 4 comments
Why Patience Will Be a Virtue with Jay Cutler

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Written by Clay Cunningham about 8 months ago 68 reads 1 comments
D.J. Hackett Will Be a Perfect Fit in Chicago

Because: 1. He's cheap 2. He's injury prone 3. He's not very good. Roll out the welcome wagon, everyone! I am officially guaranteeing this will be Jerry Angelo's solution to "fixing" the receiving corps...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 8 months ago 387 reads 4 comments
Why Pursuing T.J. Houshmandzadeh Is a No-Brainer for the Bears

It was announced yesterday that the Cincinnati Bengals were likely not going to place the franchise tag on receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 9 months ago 488 reads 7 comments
My Pointless Award "Bear"amony

Following Sunday’s loss and subsequent elimination from postseason play, I wanted to write an angry column to summarize my disgust with the Bears blowing what was a hand fed opportunity to make the playoffs...

Written by Clay Cunningham about 11 months ago 112 reads 0 comments
Chicago Bears Not So Lovie-Dovie

If a proper description is needed for the 2008 Chicago Bears season, there’s no need to look further than the 6:13–4:43 mark of Sunday’s second quarter...

Written by Clay Cunningham about about 1 year ago 312 reads 0 comments
An Irreversible Rex

Oh, how we all have been eagerly awaiting the return of this chapter. For the time being it looks like Bear fans will have to put their confidence in the quarterback position on hold...

Written by Clay Cunningham about about 1 year ago 334 reads 4 comments
An Ur-Lacking Presence

So there it was. Minnesota facing a 4th-and-1 on the Bears' 36-yard line, trailing by three with 4:12 to play in the third quarter...

Written by Clay Cunningham about about 1 year ago 192 reads 1 comments

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Clay Cunningham Article Archive

Sadly For Bear Fans, "This Is Our Season"

It's Officially Time To End the Lovie Smith Era In Chicago

Chicago Bears Must Turn It Up to "11" This Week At Atlanta

33 Bullet Point Evaluations/Statements About the NFL's First Four Weeks

Points Per Pixel: Using Tecmo Super Bowl for Fantasy Football Rankings

Week One Pivotal For The Chicago Bears Receiving Core

The Five NFL Franchises I Am Beyond Grateful Not To Be a Fan of

My Bottom Five Chicago Bear Moments Of The Past Decade

Why the New York Giants Will Not Make the Playoffs in 2009

Michael Vick Reinstated By The NFL

My Top Five Chicago Bear Moments of the Past Decade

Why the Atlanta Falcons Are the Frontrunners of the NFC

The Five Chicago Bears Who Absolutely Must Step It Up In 2009

Houston Rexans: Grossman to Sign With Houston

Why the '09 Chicago Bears May Resemble the Pre-Train-Rex Days

My Realistic Expectaions For The 2009 Chicago Bears

The 10 Questions I Would Ask Matt Forte

Remembering the Strange Odyssey of the 2001 Chicago Bears

Why Patience Will Be a Virtue with Jay Cutler

D.J. Hackett Will Be a Perfect Fit in Chicago

Why Pursuing T.J. Houshmandzadeh Is a No-Brainer for the Bears

My Pointless Award "Bear"amony

Chicago Bears Not So Lovie-Dovie

An Irreversible Rex

An Ur-Lacking Presence

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