Ahman Green

Brett Favre performed as advertised. The Bears' defense didn't. Favre completed 22-of-33 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns. When he wasn't picking the Bears' secondary apart, Favre was handing the ball off to Ahman Green, who rushed for 107 yards...

"OK guys, here's the plan: "R-Dub, you flagrantly lie to reporters that team doctors have said you won't be ready to play until after the off week. Throw in how you can run all right but not really cut that well. "Phillip, you look like you're near...

Coach Dick Jauron was asked last week why Green Bay Packers had dominated the Bears over the last decade. Jauron answered politely that he thought the Packers' superiority seemed to coincide nicely with the arrival of Brett Favre. The Favre Decade...

The Bears lost Sunday. And lost. And lost. And lost. They lost a game 17-7 to the Green Bay Packers. They lost their lead in the NFC Central Division and are tied with the Packers at 9-3 overall, but they trail their traditional rivals because they...

Here come the Broncos. Revived by quarterback Jake Plummer's return from injury, Coach Mike Shanahan's Denver team can take another giant step toward the playoffs next Sunday against Cleveland at Denver, where Bronco tailback Clinton Portis scored last...

Considering that both teams had little to play for--the Central Division rivalry angle is wearing paper-thin and the game was a dud--it's tough to imagine a national television audience hanging in with the Bears and Packers on Sunday night. Any of the...

Football fans comparing the Chicago Bears against other pro clubs this year have been struck by one obvious difference: The Bears have the least sophisticated pass offense in the league. The problem is more than the Bears' simple insistence on running...

Mike Singletary marched proudly onto the new Soldier Field for pregame introductions Monday night, hoisting a football toward a crowd hoping for a night of magic. Other Bears greats like Dick Butkus and Dan Hampton followed closely behind, but Singletary...

As of the 2004 NFL season, fullbacks are passé. One-back football is here. And Clinton Portis will be the back on one of the NFL's new one-back teams, the Washington Redskins, in their attack on the New York Giants Sunday in Giants Stadium. Portis,...

The Bears coming off their first win in two months face an angry Packers team. Green Bay has lost two straight and last week's little post-game brouhaha between Warren Sapp and Packers coach Mike Sherman surely has fired them up even more. Brett Favre...

The world is suddenly full of great quarterbacks — or, maybe, these folks are merely very good. Anyhow, they're all over the country. At least two of them are still in school, Aaron Rodgers of Cal and Matt Leinart of USC. And at least two other...

Q The Bears are not going anywhere with Jim Miller at quarterback. Even when they were 13-3 last season, it was clear teams such as the Eagles with Donovan McNabb and the Packers with Brett Favre had a distinct advantage. When will the Bears wise up and...