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What's Going On Chicago?
by Bryan Cocallas
What's Going On Chicago is my take on what is really going on in Chicago sports. What happened, needs to happen, going to happen, etc.
Episodes
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All 3 Phases Failed in Green Bay & Now They Look To Rebound Against The Falcons!
The Chicago Bears were humiliated in Lambeau Field last Sunday. In a devastating loss where all 3 phased failed to get off the bus, the Bears have to figure a lot out and do it fast. Injuries seem to be mounting but the Bears could see the return of Caleb Williams and possibly Kyler Gordan. The...
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Bagent Wins, But The NFL Lost An Icon, As The Bears Head To Green Bay.
Tyson Bagent won against the New York Jets, but the Bears and the rest of the NFL lost a man larger than life, Da Coach, Iron Mike Ditka. However, the Bears will head to Lambeau Field to face the Green Bay Packers because the game must go on. For two weeks, the Bears defense has been outstanding,...
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With A Win Monday, Did Keenum Make His Case To Start Sunday?
The Chicago Bears played well in all three phases of the game Monday night against the Philadelphia Eagles, winning at home for the first time this season. The story all week has been all about Case Keenum and how the 38-year-old quarterback played outstanding in the win. Now going into week 4…
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Em-Bear-Assing Loss For Chicago, Now The Bears Look To Bounce Back Vs. The Eagles!
You couldn't have a more opposite game than last week. Scoring 59 points to 3 points, the Chicago Bears fall to their division rivals, the Minnesota Vikings. Ben Johnson's so-called "juggernaut offensive" seemed to be the problem while the defense seemed to be the solution. Now with Caleb…
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Bears Offense Seems Unstoppable... The Defense Beatable!
The Chicago Bears Score 59 points in a historic game and win in Caroliona. Not a single top reciever scored a touchdown, but the defense needs to change or the Bears will lose games for sure. Last year, the Bears were the comeback kings of the NFL. Is this the year the Vikings are? They comeback…
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The 2026-2027 Season Is Here!
Are you ready for the football season? The 2026-27 Chicago Bears roster is set and the season will commence on Sunday for the Bears. I go through the roster/depth chart, my predictions for the season, and the Bear-necessities for the Bears against the Carolina Panthers.
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Bears Win In Philly & Head To Green Bay To Defend 1st Place In The NFC!
After weeks of people saying the Chicago Bears haven't faced a winning team or a playoff team, they beat the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chicago Bears rushing attack blew over the Eagles defense, and the Chicago Bears defense held the defending Super Bowl champions to just 15 points. Now the Bears…
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Bears Win As Time Expires & Look to Extend Win Streak To Four!
The Chicago Bears took advantage of the three turnovers from the Commanders to win with a go-ahead field goal as time expires. They get revenge on their blunder from last year to continue their win streak to three in a row. Caleb didn't have his best game, but the offensive line seemed to begin…
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Bears are 2-2 At The Bye, But Can They Over Come Last Years Fail-Mary?
The Chicago Bears squeaked out a win in Las Vegas and got a long rest as they had their bye week. This early bye week could be beneficial so the Bears can get some players back that have been on the injury report. Now with help coming from T.J. Edwards, Kyler Gordan, and possibly Austin Booker…
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Bears Maul Cowboys & Look To Be Sinless In Sin City!
Caleb Williams, the Chicago Bears, and Ben Johnson, looked like a playoff caliber team last week against the Cowboys. After allowing 14 points the defense decided that was enough and helped the offense stay on the field by putting up 31 points at home. After a rocky start the offense looked like...
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Lions Weren't Sleeping, & Bears Hope It's Not Fatal Vs Dallas!
Bears forgot to play football on Sunday against the Detroit Lions. They were out coached, outplayed, and altogether embarrassed at Ford Field. The Bears must make a 180° turn, and must win Sunday at Soldier Field, against the Dallas Cowboys. If the Bears do fall to a 0-3 record, it most certainly...
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Bears Fall To The Vikings & Now Face An Angry Lions Team At Ford Field!
The Chicago Bears gave up 21 points in the fourth quarter, and lose miserably to the Minnesota Vikings in the home opener. After the first drive, the offense steadly went downhill. The defense, missing some key players, played well for the first three quarters. However, our new coaching staff was...
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Football is Back! A Preview of the 2025-26 Season & Week One Vs. the Vikings!
I go over the predictions of the Chicago Bears Entire season and if they make the playoffs or not! Also, as the Bears look to host the Minnisota Vikings, we take a look at that actual matchup. With new coach Ben Johnson to take his first game as a Head Coach, it feels as if anything is possible....
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Bears Finally Win In Green Bay & The Head Coaching Search Begins!
The Bears end the season and begin the New Year with a win! The 11 game loosing streak against the Green Bay Packers comes to an end. Cairo Santos ones again becomes the hero with the game winning kick, sending fans and players into a wonderful celebration. Now the search for the head coach…
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Have The Players Checked Out With One Last Game in Green Bay?
The Chicago Bears lose 2 more games during the holiday season and there's not much joy at Hallas Hall. The Chicago Bears seem to be thinking about vacation and forget there's one more game left in the season. Not only is it the last game of the season, but it is against their archrivals the Green...
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Bears Only Get Worse As They Lose 8 Straight & Host The #1 Detroit Lions!
The Chicago Bears lose 8 straight, and cannot get out of their own way. Terrible play calling, as well as terrible performance by the Chicago Bears team, have brought them to their second worst losing streak in franchise history. Do the Bears think their season is already over, and this is the...
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Bears forgot to show up vs the 49ers, & now have their 2nd matchup in Minnesota!
The Chicago Bears had no fight, no offense, no respect for the game. Their supposed great defense let up 38 points. Unfortunately for the new interim head coach, Thomas Brown, he was embarrassed against the San Francisco 49ers. With the offensive line this bad, and a defense that seems to have...
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Eberflus Is Gone After Thanksgiving Loss & Thomas Brown Will Take Over Vs. The 49ers!
Bears lose six straight after falling to the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day! For the first time in the Bears history, they fired a head coach mid-season, as they showed Matt Eberflus the door after another coaching blunder. As Thomas Brown will now take over the head coaching job for the…
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Bears Loose in OT, & Will Face The Best Team in the NFL in Detroit on Thanksgiving!
The Bears can't make their comeback count as the offense goes three and out, and the Vikings drive down the feild to kick the game winning field goal. The Bears defense can't make a stop when it needs to, and the loosing streak goes to 5 in a row! Now, on National TV the Bears face the Lions who...
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More Coaching Blunders, Another Loss At Home, Can They Win Against The Vikings?
The Bears lose another home game against the Green Bay Packers, making their losing streak 11 straight vs Green Bay. Many things are to blame in this game, but mainly the coaching staff has more blunders causing them another L in the loss column. Even though the offense looked better under new...
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Bears Lose 3 Straight Games As They Set To Face The Packers at Home!
The Bears go on a three-game skid as the offense has no answers while the defense can't stop the run. Tuesday, the answer for the three-game losing streak came at the hands of firing Shane Waldron as the offensive coordinator. However, no other major changes have been made as the spluttering…
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Dysfuctional Is A Nice Word To Describe the Bears. A Blowout vs. the Cards but, Face A Bad Patroiots Team At Home!
The Bears are worse than dysfunctional, they are falling apart before our eyes and are in a total free fall. Everything from the coaching staff, to the general manager, to the play calling, and to the players themselves, everything is falling apart before our eyes. They were embarrassing in…
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Bears Are An Example Of What NOT To Do As They Head To The Desert!
The Bears are a disaster, and it finally all came out in one game. Coaching blunders, bad play calling, bad playing, bad focus, immature and childish actions. If the Bears season wasn't over before, it is now. With all this disorganization, players were told to stop talking to the media and to…
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The Game We've All Been Waiting For: The #1 Overall Pick vs. #2!
The Chicago Bears are coming off their bye week. Getting some rest will bring some, but not all, players back. The Chicago Bears and Caleb Williams, the number one overall draft pick, will face The Washington Commanders and Jayden Daniels, the number two overall draft pick. In the race for...
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Bears Win in London Convincingly & With Injuries Piling up, their Bye Week Arrives!
There was a new Prince Williams in London this, week and his first name was Caleb! Williams, after a couple three-and-outs to start the game, took contol of the game in the second quarter. Injurires were a concern with the defense, but didn't seem to look like there were backups playing, limiting...
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Bears Win Big At Home & Jump Across The Pond Vs. The Stuggling Jags!
The Bears take care of business as a TEAM to get their third win at home this season. The offense, especially Caleb Williams, continues to improve every week and the offensive line continues to give Williams and the running backs opportunities to move the ball. The Bears left for London on Moday…
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Bears Were Better Overall & Win At Home! Will It Continue This Week Vs. The Panthers?
The Chicago Bears looked more like a complete team at Home against the Rams. The Bears seemed to be clicking on all phases of the game, but nothing was very flashy. There is still a lot of work on the offense, and the defense has to tighten things up as well. The Bears face the Carolina Panthers…
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Bears Still Off Vs. Colts & A Weakend Rams Team Comes To Town!
Bears Offense is still not in sync, the Offensive line is still terrible, the Coaching staff is not in sync, and the Defense can't make a stop when they need to. This "dominant" Bears defense could not stop the run and the Colts get their first win of the season. There were some improvments, but...
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Too many problems for the Bears in Houston & the Colts hope the Bears haven't solved them!
The Bears have so many problems, but the biggest is the offensive line. Caleb Williams was sacked 7 times, and the Bears couldn't do anything on offense. As the Bears lick their wounds they simply need to do better to have a chance. If they don't they will come home with the imprint of a…
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The Defense & Special Teams saved the offense, but can the offense play better in Houston!
The Chicago Bears offense did absolutely nothing. That won't work out well in Houston if they can't improve immensely this weekend. The Defense & Special teams played extremely well, especially in the second half. Can that momentum continue against a high-powered Texans offense? If there is any...
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The Bears 2024-25 season prediction & Titans at Bears Preview!
The time is now! The season literally kicks-off today! I took some time to go through my predictions for the season and went through the Titans game. The Caleb Williams era begins today. He has a lot of pressure on his shoulders, but will the jitters get to him finally is the answer. If the...
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The Way Too Early Bears 2024-25 Season Prediction!
The NFL has released the schedule for the upcoming season! With all the major changes the Bears have made, can they make the playoffs? Training camp hasn't happened, and final acquisitions have yet to come, but everyone is making their own predictions for this very tough NFC North Division.
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Let's Play Ball! Taking a Look at Chicago's Baseball Teams!
The Chicago White Sox have a long season ahead of themselves. However, the Northside Cubs are sitting at number 1 in the division, and might be in the perfect spot for when the All-Star break comes in July. With over a month until that time, both teams have some things to work on. The season is…
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The Bears 2024 NFL Draft Selections!
Not a lot of surprises in the NFL Draft, but a lot of excitment. Ryan Poles, and the Bears organization, might have altered the course of this 100+ years-old football team! Let's break it all down!
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The Justin Fields conundrum has finally been answered!
Chicago has finally answered the great Justin Fields question, and sent him to Pittsburg! The Bears did the right thing to make him a Steeler, and give him a home where he wanted to go. GM Ryan Poles might have been able to get more, however, it seemed he did what was best for Fields, and not for...
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Bears Kick-off Free Agency, as other Chicago teams are getting ready!
The Bears sign Free Agent D'Andre Swift to take over as the starting running back, Jaylon Johnson gets his contract, and Kevin Byard signs two year contract to take over as starting Free Safety. The Cubs and Sox are getting ready for the season to begin. The Chicago Bulls have a 5 game stretch...
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Bears Trade for Bates as Free Agency & the New Season Begins March 13th!
The Chicago Bears made a trade for Ryan Bates to help their offensive line. As the Bears lose yet another draft pick for Bates, one wonders if the Bears might have a bigger haul in Free Agency this year. As the new NFL year begins on March 13 at 3:00PM, there are some valuable players that are...
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The Bulls loss "Piss-tons" fans off, however, now face the #2 Cleveland Cavaliers!
Coming off the All-Star break, the Bulls haven't been the best. They are 1-2, and at the very least should be the opposite. With inaccurate 3-point shots and bad plays, the Bulls need to forget that loss to the Detroit Pistons. It is hard to know you lost to the second worst team in the leauge…
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Number 98 is Back!
The embarrasing Blackhawks are so hard to watch, but the only reason to watch the Hawks just came back on the ice! The rookie sensation is just three games back from his injury that kept him off the ice for over a month. Not only was he leading the team in stats before he was injured, but in just...
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Bears Add Two More Names in Canton!
Two more Chicago Bears are honored, forever, into the Hall of Fame! Well deserved and long awaited, both Steve "Mongo" McMichael, and Devin Hester "You Are Ridiculous" made the 2024 Hall of Fame Class. McMichael played 13 years in the NFL, 12 with Chicago, and Hester played 7 season in the NFL…
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The Great Debate: Caleb Williams vs. Justin Fields!
Until a trade or the draft, no one knows the answer of what the Chicago Bears will choose to do at the Quarterback position. Caleb Williams most undoubtedly will be the number one overall pick in the draft, the only question will it be, the Bears or someone else?
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Time to get to know your host!
I have realized after nearly 10 years, I've never properly introduced myself. So this one is about me, to connect with you on a more personal side. So I introduce myself, and things to come in this new chapter of "What's Going on Chicago?"
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The Chicago Bears Coaching Staff is coming together as the DC and QB Coach have been hired!
The Chicago Bears have officially hired Erik Washington as Defensive Coordinator! Washington, who is familiar with the Bears Organization is coming from the Buffalo Bills. Washington's first NFL job was Chicago Bears Defensive Line Coach back in 2008. Also, the Bears have hired Kerry Joseph as...
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Shane Waldron is the Bears new OC, who could change the Bears history of Offense!
Former Seattle Seahawks Offensive Coordinator is now a Chicago Bear! The biggest question surrouding the Bears search for their OC was, whoever they choose will decide if Justin Fields is staying or will be traded. However, with Waldron, it is unclear and the question still remains unanswered. He...
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Bears Lose Season Finale to the Packers, & Eberflus will remain as Head Coach!
The Chicago Bears were awful in their last game of the season as they were embarrased yet again this seaon by the Green Bay Packers. With questions that need to be answered, two question finally have been. The Bears are moving forward with Matt Eberflus, and will look for other options at the...
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Fields puts on best game of the season to win home finale, but now the season finale ends in Green Bay!
The Chicago Bears win their home finale in great fashion! Justin Fields played, arguably, his best game of the season, DJ Moore had over 150 yards, and Khalil Herbert had over 100 yards rushing. The Defense forced four interceptions, two by Tyrique Stevenson, and the defense posting 2.5 sacks.…
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Bears win at home & now host the Atlanta Falcons for the final home game of the 2023-2024 season!
The Chicago Bears win at home against a terrible 3 win Arizona Cardinal team. The defense did enough to give the offense plenty of opportunity to put up points, but only did so in the first half. Justin Fields' fan will over analyze his escape ability, but his below average Quarterback Rating…
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The Bears defense forgot there are 4 quarters falling to the Browns. Now have a chance to dominate at home against the Arizona Cardinals!
The Bears defense can't stop a 38-year-old Joe Flacco in the 4th Quarter allowing them to come back and win. Not only is the defense failing to play, but so is the offense. Fields still can't see open recievers, Robert Tonyan dropped a proabable touchdown, Darnell Mooney dropped the go-ahead...
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Bears Defense stop Lions, keeping their playoff hopes alive, as the head off to face the Browns!
The Chicago Bears defense doesn't allow a point in the second half, and the offense keeps putting points on the score board, as they stun the falling Loins. With the defense playing at a high level, and Justin Fields improving, the Bears have a chance to win in Cleveland. The Browns are hanging…
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As the Bears come off their Bye Week, they get ready to host the Playoff Hungry Lions at Solider Field!
The Chicago Bears should be well rested after coming off a tough win in Minnesota and a Bye Week. Now, the Bears will get a rematch against the Detroit Lions, at home who are playing for the NFC North Title, and looking to secure their spot in the Playoffs. Justin Fields is playing for his…
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What's Going On Chicago is my take on what is really going on in Chicago sports. What happened, needs to happen, going to happen, etc.
HOSTED BY
Bryan Cocallas
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