April 2019 - Chicago Bears Wiretap

Bears, Browns Attracting Most Super Bowl Bets

Aug 19, 2019 9:19 AM

The Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns have been bet on most to win the Super Bowl, according to Las Vegas sportsbooks.

"It's been kind of overwhelming, the support [for the Bears]," said Alan Berg, the senior oddsmaker for Caesars Sportsbook. "Every time the Bears go to the playoffs, the following year, the money just pours in. Everybody gets optimistic."

The Bears are 9-1 to win the Super Bowl at Caesars, the fourth-best odds behind the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, who are co-favorites at 7-1, and the New Orleans Saints at 17-2. The Browns are 10-1.

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Bears Cut Elliott Fry, Keep Eddy Pineiro As Kicker

Aug 18, 2019 3:27 PM

The Chicago Bears have waived Elliott Fry, leaving Eddy Pineiro to enter the season as their placekicker.

"Both kickers for us had done a really good job competing," Nagy said. "It wasn't an easy decision for us. Both kickers had done a lot better [in the preseason] than where we thought they were in OTAs.

"But what this enables us to do now with two preseason games left is get more kicks [for Pineiro]. Now you're not splitting reps in the preseason game, and I think there is a mental aspect too for Eddy with him now able to get out there and kick in these final two preseason games and get those reps. The volume will pick up for him. It's a great opportunity for him to see what he can do."

Matt Nagy stopped short of declaring that Pineiro won the job outright.

"Like any position, we're always out there looking for the best," Nagy said. "Eddy hasn't attempted a kick in an NFL regular-season game, so like any player, that can go either really good or really bad. But we like where we are with him right now."

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Cedric Benson Killed In Motorcycle Accident In Austin

Aug 18, 2019 2:53 PM

Cedric Benson was killed in a motorcycle accident in Austin on Saturday evening.

Benson posted a photo of a BMW motorcycle on his Instagram account with the caption “My Saturday Evening” earlier in the day.

Benson’s death came three days after he appeared in a Travis County courtroom and was found guilty of the lesser charge of obstruction of a passageway in connection to a 2017 drunken driving arrest in downtown Austin.

Benson was the No. 4 overall pick by the Chicago Bears in 2005 out of Texas.

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Bears Ready 'To Push The Envelope' Offensively

Aug 6, 2019 9:08 AM

The Chicago Bears have been putting Mitch Trubisky in different offensive situations as they prepare for the 2019 season.

Quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone said that "this is the time to push the envelope" because they have time to correct anything that goes wrong before the regular season begins.

Trubisky said that the offense has to "keep evolving and keep getting better" and that the "trial and error" of training camp practices is part of that process.

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