Plus: Remembering Mike Ditka, the Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach • Column: Ben Johnson wants a physical identity for the Chicago Bears. After 4 games, that is emerging.
Chicago Bears Insider Sunday, October 11, 2026 | | |
| | | | | Good morning, Chicago. Here's what to know about the Bears ahead of their Week 5 matchup with the Packers, including their "no-name defense" and a surprise Caleb Williams appearance on the practice field. | | | | The Chicago Bears’ longstanding rivalry with the Green Bay Packers takes on at least one new wrinkle this year. | | | | | Mike Ditka, who coached the 1985 Chicago Bears to the franchise’s only Super Bowl championship, has died at age 86. | | | | | Ben Johnson said it would take four games for the Chicago Bears to find their identity. Now at that point, a physical brand of football has emerged and it’s just the kind of thing he sought. | | | | | Nobody embodied Bears football more than Mike Ditka, who became the face of the franchise as both a Hall of Fame tight end and a Super Bowl-winning coach. | | | | | Mike Ditka wasn’t perfect, but he was perfectly imperfect, and Chicago loved him because he was Da Coach, and that is all that really mattered. | | | | | Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams returned to practice for the first time Friday since missing two games with a hamstring injury. | | | | | Can the Chicago Bears’ “no-name defense” keep up its string of recent success? Here is a look at what is driving coordinator Dennis Allen’s resurgent effort. | | | | | Chicago Bears QB Tyson Bagent expects it to be “pretty warm” Sunday at Lambeau Field — except the reception from Green Bay Packers fans. | | | |
