Waking up in time to watch the Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game and not having to get out of bed to witness the US victory over Canada (because I could stream the game on my phone) was a nice technology win. It is the first US men's hockey gold medal win since 1980. To say it is long overdue would be an understatement. And now that I'm thinking of it, you know who else won a championship in the 1980s.
The team's longtime home has been Soldier Field, built in 1924. It is the oldest stadium in the NFL, and open to the elements. When icy snows fall, opposing teams shiver in the lake winds. The Bear players wear short sleeves, and sling touchdown passes. Bear down, as we fans say. Domes are for tea parties, not football.
The Bears and the Packers, they should not like each other. I think it's as simple as that. I think that's going to make this rivalry, this game, something that people are going to watch going forward.
As the architect of the "Greatest Show on Turf" offense that fueled the St. Louis Rams' Super Bowl title 26 years ago, Mike Martz was an in-demand speaker when he retired from the NFL in 2011. For years he worked the lecturing circuit, but there was one visit that made a lasting impression. It was 2018, and Martz had been invited to the Miami Dolphins training camp by former head coach Adam Gase. Dolphins' wide receivers coach, Ben Johnson, made sure not to waste the opportunity.
When injuries sidelined fellow cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon, the Bears needed Stevenson to stabilize one side of the secondary. Instead, Stevenson delivered mixed results. There were moments when the 25-year-old cornerback flashed. Strong outings against the Dallas Cowboys and Las Vegas Raiders early in the season showed the physical press corner that Chicago's front office envisioned when they used a second-round pick (56th overall) in the 2023 NFL Draft on the University of Miami product.
One of his assistant coaches retrieved the weighty directory from Poss' office, and players gathered around their head coach, confused but intrigued. "I looked at them, I go, 'I don't think you really want to play hard,'" Poss recalled. "'I don't think you want to go out in the second half and play like you did in the first half. I think you all are ready to just chill.' I said, 'We're not going to chill out.'"
He had a tremendous season. He was an absolute turnover machine. The Bears, they didn't do a great job between the 20s. OK? The ball was move a lot. But when it came down to turning the ball over, they were better than every team in the league and he was a huge reason why. Intercepting passes, strip sacks, fumbles, fumble recoveries. What he did on a vet minimum contract or something like that, but
Taylor began his NFL coaching journey with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013 as an offensive quality control coach. He was later promoted to assistant quarterbacks coach, a role he held when the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2017 and later became the team's quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator. He spent the 2021 season as a senior offensive assistant with the Indianapolis Colts before being hired in Jacksonville.
