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The Chicago Bears announced the hiring of offensive coordinator Shane Waldron on Tuesday, but they have work to do to fill out their coaching staff. On Saturday, they named a defensive coordinator in Eric Washington. The former Buffalo Bills assistant head coach and defensive line coach previously coached with the Bears from 2008-10 under Lovie Smith and…

While Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus builds out his coaching staff, general manager Ryan Poles and the front office are getting ready for the NFL scouting combine prior to a potentially momentous draft with the Nos. 1 and 9 picks. As he does every Wednesday, the Tribune’s Brad Biggs addresses reader questions in the Bears mailbag. The Bears have a better roster in place…

The Chicago Bears head into a seismic offseason with a healthy cap situation. Releasing free safety Eddie Jackson and offensive lineman Cody Whitehair would create an additional $21 million in cap room. That process figures to begin with negotiations to retain cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who was voted to the Pro Bowl Games and was a second-team All-Pro after a…

President Joe Biden’ s team looks to Taylor Swift for a touchdown. Considering the obvious ability that pop star Taylor Swift and her NFL star boyfriend, Travis Kelce, have shown for stealing the limelight, it comes as little surprise that, without even trying, they have generated their own conspiracy theory, too. Just as John F. Kennedy enlivened the White House with…

The talk about quarterbacks will be the main focus for the Chicago Bears leading up to the NFL draft in three months, and it should be a major theme this week at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala.. Even though top prospects such as USC’ s Caleb Williams, North Carolina’ s Drake Maye, LSU’ s Jayden Daniels and Michigan’ s J.J. McCarthy are not in the game, it will be a chance to…

MOBILE, Ala.— Kerry Joseph doesn’ t have any thoughts yet on the Chicago Bears’ biggest offseason decision, the one that holds the key to the NFL draft. He has been on a whirlwind tour since the season ended, free to seek a new job after the Seattle Seahawks forced out coach Pete Carroll. Joseph, the assistant quarterbacks coach for the Seahawks the last two seasons, spent…

Chicago Bears wide receiver DJ Moore may reunite with his former college coach. He would replace Tyke Tolbert, whom the Bears fired along with offensive coordinator Luke Getsy and three other offensive staffers earlier this month. A former wide receiver at East Tennessee State and in the Canadian Football League, Beatty started his coaching career at the…

The Chicago Bears and local schools are $100 million apart on the property tax valuations of the former Arlington International Racecourse, where the team wants to build an enclosed stadium.. The huge gap means that the two sides are likely to have difficulty reaching a compromise on the value and further complicates the team’ s plan to move to Arlington Heights.

Chicago Bears guard Nate Davis paid $2.3 million in May for a five-bedroom, 5,537-square-foot house in Highland Park. A Virginia native who previously had played for the Tennessee Titans, Davis signed a three-year, $30 million deal with the Bears in March. Built in 2003 and designed by Evanston architect Michael Hershenson, Davis’ new house has five bathrooms,…

Yes, the Detroit Lions are in the Chicago Bears’ division. But we can’ t help but root for the Lions as they make their improbable way through the NFL playoff gauntlet and are one win away from their first-ever Super Bowl appearance. Lions Nation is one fan base that has seen almost nothing but failure in the nearly six decades that make up the Super Bowl era.