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Kevin Fishbain
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Senior writer @TheAthleticNFL covering the Chicago Bears. Host of “Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain” podcast. Northwestern grad. #GoCats
- Tyson Bagent is the first Bears quarterback to receive a contract extension since ... Jay Cutler in January 2014.
- For the Bears to trot Matt Eberflus out for a press conference only to fire him two hours later ... that's what poorly-run organizations do.
- Bears points in the first quarter… W1 0 W2 3 W3 0 W4 0 W5 7 W6 0 W8 0 W9 0 W10 0 W11 3 W12 7 W13 0 W14 0 W15 0 W16 0 W17 0
- Rodney Adams’ wife gave birth to a baby girl last night. He slept at the hospital, then had a 73-yard touchdown today.
- Bears president Ted Phillips: "Have we gotten the quarterback situation right? No. Have we won enough games? No. But everything else is there.” (This is a football version of, “Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”)
- Bears president/CEO Kevin Warren said a fan sent him a drink recently at a restaurant with a note that said, “Please hire Ben Johnson.”
- The Bears beat the Super Bowl champs.
- Bears QB Justin Fields on the pick-6: “I can assure you that will never happen again for the rest of my career.”
- Khalil Mack on Bears QB Tyson Bagent: "You could tell the clock in his head was running today. He was getting the ball out pretty quick. He did some good things for them down the stretch. I know he's going to be a special player, but I'm glad No. 1 wasn't out there tonight."
- Fun fact: The Bears have gone 5 consecutive games without throwing an interception, the longest streak for the franchise since 1932, per @Stathead.
- Bears head coach Ben Johnson said he could hear ST. Richard Hightower in his headset, narrating before the Raiders’ field goal, “Blackwell’s gonna block it.”
- Bears QB Justin Fields said he’ll be more comfortable in a leadership role now that he knows he’ll be the starter from Day 1.
