Marty Carter

It was right there in front of them. Again. This time with the freaky hand of fate that hangs around places like Three Rivers Stadium, it turned a deflected pass by Erik Kramer on third-and-long into a diving completion by Curtis Conway and a first down...

After a meaningless game that they nevertheless desperately needed to win, the Bears find themselves one game away from the start of the regular season with scant reasons for hope. The usually cooperative Buffalo Bills (1-2), winless in 11 previous...

Two early possessions in the Bears' 19-14 exhibition loss Saturday night to the Baltimore Ravens provided an ominous look backward, to the kind of performances the Bears hoped they had left behind. The Bears were pushed around, couldn't push a very...

They vowed they would not get caught napping this week, that if, in fact, they lost for the second week in a row, it would not be for a lack of effort. Talk about setting yourself up for disappointment. The Bears did look somewhat better in the effort...

If you're still watching, stop trying to figure them out. There is no statistical category for fairness, just as there is none for heartbreak. These Bears merely take each week as it comes and thank the football gods when they are allowed to survive....

Deep down, coach Dave Wannstedt had to know that a rookie quarterback--prophetic name or not--would not be the answer to his problems. And sure enough, Moses Moreno, despite a flash or two, played like a rookie Sunday in the Bears' 31-17 loss to the Tampa...

You were scared for them at first. Seriously frightened that for the first time in the annals of organized sport, a team might actually be ground into the artificial turf and disappear. Minnesota's offense operated as if running its pregame walkthrough,...

The Bears' quarterback derby took a sudden and dramatic turn Sunday night at Soldier Field, and it had nothing to do with the play of Erik Kramer or Rick Mirer. Rather, it is the broken collarbone sustained by their most potent weapon, wide receiver...

They might as well be wearing leg irons. Or scribbling their game plan on their foreheads. Handicapped by their personnel, burdened by their limitations and apparently convinced that their options are few, the Bears are no longer playing not to lose....

In-depth analysis is no longer necessary where the Bears are concerned. Just this simple reminder: You can't win if you can't score. And you can't win very often scoring a field goal a game against decent teams on the road. But here's the thing: You...

They finally played the part, validated their critics, positively unraveled and left a veritable puddle on the Soldier Field turf with their effort. Or rather, non-effort. Bears coach Dave Wannstedt called his team's 31-8 loss Sunday to the--voila,...

The human barometer had a screw loose on Sunday and was therefore of no use in reflecting the condition of a team that floated off the Soldier Field turf, oblivious to everything but the scattered applause of the frozen faithful. Bryan Cox had his head...