Kellen Davis News

You could say that the Bears left their season right here, in San Francisco, but that would ignore the failings by this team that have been spread across the country.

Vernon Davis' assessment of the Bears' defensive line evidently reached Chicago.

Frank Gore scored on a 14-yard touchdown run one play after Jay Cutler threw his second interception of the game to give the San Francisco a 7-3 halftime lead over the Chicago Bears on Thursday night.

I covered some of the personnel issues facing the Bears this morning in the print and online edition of the paper , specifically looking at the help that has been brought in via the draft over the last five years.

The play seems virtually unstoppable around the NFL : a simple fake to the running back from near the goal line and then a bootleg toss to a crossing tight end for the score.

Lately it seems the red zone is where the Bears' offense goes to die. Of their last 13 trips inside the opponents' 20-yard line, the Bears have managed just 4 touchdowns, a success rate of 30.8 percent, which has dropped their season mark to 44.4 percent, tied for 25th in the league.

The red zone turned into a no-man's-land for the Bears' offense last Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.

To steal a term from Cedric Benson , Tim Shaw has yet to get his "socks wet" in the Bears locker room.

The trade for defensive end Gaines Adams on Friday turned into a loss for tight end Michael Gaines today.

The Bears do not have a player among the top 50 in the NFL in catches, receiving yards or even third-down receptions.

In the Chicago Bears team report on Sporting News for today, the topic of discussion is Greg Olsen .

The Bears look to avenge last season's last second loss when they take on the Falcons.

You can be sure that the news Tom Cruise has allowed beloved daughter Suri to be enrolled in a Roman Catholic preschool in Boston will generate buzz that the superstar Scientologist has lost a battle with his wife, Katie Holmes, over their child's early education.

East Lansing -- Michigan State could soon make another intriguing personnel move to enhance its pass rush.

If another team should dial up the Bears on draft day one April offering a couple of fifth round picks for a first round pick, the Bears might want to consider it.

From the way all of us have acted, the only move the Bears front office has made that matters is the Jay Cutler trade.

T he Bears enjoy a bye this weekend, giving them valuable time to unearth tendencies, eliminate coincidences, erase bad habits, rest, relax and recover.

Even with a weight the size of King Kong finally off their backs, the Lions still showed they can take a giant step backward and plummet like a bowling ball down a mine shaft.

The best thing about the Bears' bye week is that it comes at a point at which they need to heal up some positions that are razor-thin because of injuries.

After the Bears defense spotted Detroit leads of 7-0 and 14-7, the Bears stormed back on the strength of Jay Cutler's arm to take a 21-14 lead in the second quarter.