Briggs confuses blind man while speaking in third person
Bears’ fan Martin Jenkins, blind since the age of three, has never struggled to communicate with anyone -- until he met Lance Briggs. Jenkins waited two hours to meet Briggs at a sporting goods store appearance by the Bears' star linebacker, and a reporter transcribed Jenkins’ interaction with Briggs.
Jerry Angelo Guest Column: I drafted two NFL starting quarterbacks and you didn’t
Didn’t see it coming, did you? Well, guess who did? That is right, your good ol’ Uncle Jerry, division champion architect and sniffer-outer of starting quarterback talent.
Tedy Bruschi freaks out over your Tweet mentioning how much you like pizza
“Don’t you get it? You’re a human being. You appreciate pizza by processing it in your intestines,” he said. “The fact that you’re so in awe of it … makes me think you don’t understand food at all.”
Carl Weathers’ NFL Power Rankings
Carl Weathers, master thespian and former Oakland Raider, watches every NFL game from his man cave to compile his weekly Power Rankings exclusively for Heckler readers. Mr. Weathers, despite playing in only 8 NFL games, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980.
Delusional Chicago media dubs Kreutz ‘country’s greatest leader since Abraham Lincoln’
Citing the countless stories and columns they’ve written touting former Bear Olin Kreutz’s leadership qualities, a coalition of Chicago sports reporters today claimed the Saints center is in fact the greatest leader since America’s 16th President.
George Lucas digitally inserts Lovie Smith into Star Wars Blu-rays
For the release of the “Star Wars” saga on Blu-ray, all traces of actor Billy Dee Williams have been wiped clean from “The Empire Strikes Back” and “Return of the Jedi.” In his place is Bears head coach Lovie Smith, playing a character named Lovio Calsmithian.
Bears disprove critics until next Sunday when they’ll have to disprove them again
Few gave the Bears a chance in Sunday's season opener against the favored Falcons, but Chicago dismantled Atlanta 30-12, silencing the critics until next weekend's game against the Saints when they'll have to silence them again.