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"I've seen how dominant he was. I've seen him pick 350 pound guys up off the ground. That's really hard to do if you guys don't know, and he would do that consistently. So it just really sucks because I remember what he used to do."
The Steelers wide receiver leads the pack of potential waiver wire additions for Week 6 in the NFL.
Searching for answers will certainly be at the top of head coach Matt Nagy's checklist this bye week.
"When we kick a field goal, it's the loudest I've ever heard the stadium. And they're rowdy and they're loud, just like they are during soccer games. We're looking forward to it."
Neither Nagy nor Smith would say what exactly it was that kept Smith out of last Sunday's game, with both of them continuing to go with the company line that it's a personal issue.
At a news conference after practice, head coach confirmed that Trubisky would most likely miss this weekend's game and is on a "day-to-day basis."
The good news is after Sunday's game, they have a bye week.
"It's a personal issue. I'm not getting into anything else and I'm just going to completely keep it at that," Nagy said of Smith's absence.
"Regardless of who's out there, they're (Vikings) are good at what they do running the football, so we schematically need to be solid, and having Hicks out there certainly helps,"
The classic 1936 jerseys are part of the 100th season celebration and the jerseys are from a time when black players were banned from the NFL.
"I didn't think this would come this soon but it's a good feeling. It was an emotional kick from what everybody has been through, honestly, it was just an amazing feeling."
Bears Kyle Fuller and Charles Leno, Jr. talked with students at Jordan Community School on the North Side about making the good decisions in life and staying on the right path. But their heads were still spinning over the roller coaster of emotions from their wild win over the Denver Broncos.
CBS 2's Matt Zahn has the three things to look for as the Bears face the Denver Broncos.
The Chicago Bears travel to Colorado to play the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Kickoff is 3:25 p.m.
"He knows the type of players we have here. Also the type of guys we have on defense. He knows our strengths and also our weaknesses."
A 2016 tweet of a photo of a white woman smiling as she cuts dreadlocks from a black boy's head has resurfaced, and its bringing scrutiny to the Crushers Club.
Finally, the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers open the NFL season tonight.
The NFL has turned Grant Park into football fantasy land to kick off the league's 100th season as the Chicago Bears prepare to host the Green Bay Packers in the season opener at Soldier Field on Thursday night.
In advance of the NFL-100 kickoff, several former players joined Commissioner Roger Goodell for a cleanup of Douglas Park on the city's West Side.
As the Monsters open the 100th NFL season against rival Green Bay on Thursday, CBS 2's Ryan Baker looks at the keys to the Bears' 2019 campaign.
According to a new survey, 15 percent of the American adult population will wager on NFL games this season.
"Finally at long last, the two statues we've waited 100 years for. It's only fitting that these two most colossal of all figures in a long line of gigantic characters of the Chicago Bears will forever be immortalized."
In January 2011, they faced off for the NFC title and a trip to the Super Bowl. Aaron Rodgers and a staunch defense silenced Soldier Field, building a 14-0 lead and 21-7 lead and won their third successive road game in the postseason. Two weeks later, the wild-card Packers beat Pittsburgh for, appropriately, the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
"The guy who makes plays is the guy who makes plays, whether it's in the CFL or whether it's down here. I'm glad that door has been open so that guys like me can take advantage of it."
"There's a balance. Every player's a little different based off who they are, what was their history? We feel we want to give all these guys a fair opportunity, whatever their history was, let's have a clean slate here."
ISU knocked off No. 1-ranked and defending champion North Dakota State in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Daniel Hardy, Cole Kmet, and Kyle Monangai volunteered with the Salvation Army to serve a BBQ holiday meal to shelter residents and others in need.
It is unclear what led up to the crash or if any injuries were reported.
Rylee Parker discovered his goldendoodle, Cooper, was missing after his car was ransacked while he validated his parking.
It has been more than a month since the City of Harvey began reducing their workforce, amid a partial government shutdown due to severe financial trouble. Since then, another round of layoffs has hit city employees.
Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led measure alongside a Democratic bill to extend expiring tax credits.
President Donald Trump's former attorney in battleground Wisconsin is alleging that a judge presiding over his case and that of two other Trump aides charged with felonies related to the 2020 election is guilty of misconduct and must step aside.
An Indiana State Senate committee advanced a proposed new congressional map after hearings Monday, after months of contentious debate and pressure from the Trump administration.
The Justice Department can release investigative materials from a sex trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, a federal judge ruled.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A condo owner in Country Club Hills says he's forced to sell his home after his condo association failed to reimburse him for repairs to his leaking roof. Edward Hadnott's condo has sat empty since a major roof leak in 2022.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
The newest measles vaccination numbers released by Chicago Public Schools shows immunizations are finally moving in the right direction.
Two pregnant Black women recently faced alarming neglect at hospitals in Indiana and Texas, highlighting racial disparities in maternal care.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed a bill aimed at protecting vaccine access in Illinois.
Roseland Community Hospital on Monday celebrated the opening of a new sickle cell treatment clinic.
Consumers with the imported pans should throw them away due to the severe health risks posed by lead, the agency warns.
A Culver's is coming to Chicago's South Loop, a real estate broker has confirmed.
A new vision for passenger rail is on track in southeastern Wisconsin. The MARK Passenger Rail Commission held its inaugural meeting on December 5, 2025, at Racine City Hall.
U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand.
Traffic at O'Hare International Airport is growing faster than expected, and this has Chicago city leaders wanting to make big changes to future construction plans at the airport.
Small Business Saturday was disrupted by the winter storm for many business owners in Chicago, but in the Rogers Park neighborhood, a group of business owners came together to draw customers.
Paramount Skydance's $30 per share offer comes just days after Netflix agreed to buy parts of Warner Bros. in a deal valued at nearly $83 billion.
The nominations for the 2026 Golden Globes have been announced. Here are the nominees.
Landon Wallace, better known as Power 92 radio and Chicago Bulls mixer DJ Commando, died last week.
Thirty-five years after throngs headed to a theater near them to see "Home Alone," you can have a lovely cheese pizza, just for you, like Macaulay Culkin's Kevin McCallister character did.
Frank Gehry was known for designing the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
The report blames Instacart’s algorithmic pricing experiments. The AI model places different price tags on identical products without revealing it to consumers.
The scents are inspired by crisp apple, vintage cola, and ginger ale flavors. The company is randomly selecting 1,000 fans to receive a roll of wrapping paper and a 12-pack of the corresponding flavored soda.
A recent study of more than 200 adults with chronic pain found users cut their morphine dose by 22% over 18 months.
A recent study of more than 200 adults with chronic pain found users cut their morphine dose by 22% over 18 months.
Snow will impact the mid-morning hours tomorrow through the early afternoon with heavy bursts of snow at times.
A Chicago Border Patrol agent is facing federal charges for allegedly sexually assaulting four women at Chicago area hotels while on the job in 2022.
It has been more than a month since the City of Harvey began reducing their workforce, amid a partial government shutdown due to severe financial trouble. Since then, another round of layoffs has hit city employees.
Rylee Parker discovered his goldendoodle, Cooper, was missing after his car was ransacked while he validated his parking.
It is unclear what led up to the crash or if any injuries were reported.
The Chicago White Sox will have the first overall pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
A Chicago woman battling ALS said she's been struggling just to get a disabled parking space in front of her Bridgeport home.
Days after new Cook County Chief Judge Charles Beach ordered an urgent review of the county's electronic monitoring program, Sheriff Tom Dart said this crisis isn't new, and that he's been warning lawmakers of problems for years.
Charles Beach was sworn in on Monday as Cook County's first new chief judge in 24 years, and takes over amid a political firestorm over what appears to be systemic issues with how accused criminals are being monitored before trial.
Some Chicagoans found out the hard way on Monday that the overnight winter parking ban is in effect.
The electronic monitoring system in Cook County has come under increased scrutiny, after a woman was set on fire in a horrific arson attack on the Blue Line, with critics demanding answers as to why the suspect wasn't already behind bars.
ISU knocked off No. 1-ranked and defending champion North Dakota State in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.
Daniel Hardy, Cole Kmet, and Kyle Monangai volunteered with the Salvation Army to serve a BBQ holiday meal to shelter residents and others in need.
The Chicago White Sox will have the first overall pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
Despite Sunday's loss and losing the top spot in the NFC North, fans said they're confident the Bears will bounce back.
Leo Carlsson scored two goals and rookie Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist in the Anaheim Ducks' 7-1 victory over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks.
A man stood charged with attempted murder Tuesday in a shooting involving a Chicago police officer in the Morgan Park neighborhood this past weekend.
A man died after being with multiple gunshot wounds in an alley in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The Federal Transit Administration is demanding that the CTA take immediate action to improve safety or risk losing funding.
A man has been charged with setting a fire in the apartment building where he lived to cover up the shooting death of his roommate last month in Cicero, Illinois.
A man was charged with impersonating a police officer and other counts after a chain of events that led to gunfire from real police officers in Aurora, Illinois.
