Bears

Less than a month after visiting the White House, the 1985 Chicago Bears demanded -- and received -- a visit to Buckingham Palace.

In a decision with extreme religious overtones, Mike Ditka has decided to partner up with the Lord Jesus Christ in a joint venture rolling out Iron Mike’s Da Savior steak sauce.

Angelo managed to keep from cracking up while offering a trade deal for safety Chris Harris, but lost it when Seahawks GM John Schneider said he would consider it and asked about the veteran defensive back's skills.

Few Bears fans would have taken away anything negative from the 39-10 demolition of the Vikings Sunday night. That was before the untimely and rather shocking announcement that starting left tackle J'Marcus Webb has played his final down of football and has retired.

They are big, immobile and can't block anybody but -- unlike the Bears' offensive line -- the five orange safety cones that head coach Lovie Smith brought to practice late last week allowed the offense to successfully run some plays, which Smith credited for his team's improvement in Sunday night's 39-10 thrashing of the Vikings.

In the first edition of "Deep Thoughts...by Lovie Smith," the Bears head coach ponders the complexities of timeouts.

“It should be amazing,” said linebacker Lance Briggs. “You grow up dreaming about putting a career-ending hit on a great quarterback, but you never really think it will happen, you know?”