Thank you.

First, I want to take a few sentences to thank all of those who supported DBB during our annual pledge drive last week. It was our most successful by a significant margin and I take that quite seriously.

It was my intention to take a step back from DBB, to focus my attention on coursework and allow Robert to take the site in a new direction. It didn’t work out. Overwhelmingly I was told the loyal readers of this site did not care for that new direction. When Robert told me he wanted to dial back some of his commitments to the site, I made it clear that that a part-time editor-in-chief was not something I was looking for and I re-took over the site day to day. To say my content has been inconsistent is an understatement. But I’m proud of the good stuff.

DBB will remain under my literary control for the whole of 2025. At the end of the year, I’ll evaluate how things went and debate (with myself, probably out loud in the shower) whether to seek out another editor-in-chief. But for the year to come, enjoy the haikus!

– Jeff

You ain’t lion.

• Caleb is good.
• The defense is not.
• Stop jumping offside when the offense is only trying to get you to jump offside.
• Rome Odunze doesn’t look like a star WR to me.
• Promoting Thomas Brown, as predicted, was very silly.

The holidays.

This week’s schedule at DBB will be tricky over this holiday week.

Tuesday and Wednesday: DBB will be off for the Christmas holiday.

Thursday AM: Bears v. Seahawks game preview will be live.

Thursday PM: Bears v. Seahawks game thread.

Friday: A new short play!

2024. What a year. 

DBB tried having someone else run the show. It didn’t take. So, while taking on the full course load of a PhD student, I’m proud that I was able to re-man the ship, add short plays to the structure, and deliver dozens of brilliant haikus.

Are the Bears good? They are not. But the work of DBB doesn’t stop! And we get a new coach…again!

I can only do what I’ve done here because of these pledge drives. I will NEVER put this content behind a paywall. I will never interrupt the content with annoying ads. Instead, I’m channeling the NPR model of soliciting support from our readers and followers for one week. This is that week. We ask for seven days and then we don’t ask again until next season.

So, give what you can. A dollar. A fiver. A hundo. Nothing. Your readership is the only support we’ve ever truly wanted. This drive simply ensures you’ll continue to have unique work to read.

ANYONE GIVING $25 OR MORE WILL BE ENTERED INTO RAFFLE TO WIN TWO (2) BEARS TICKETS FOR A 2025 GAME.

The link to support is right here!

2024. What a year. 

DBB tried having someone else run the show. It didn’t take. But I’m proud that I was able to re-man the ship, add short plays to the structure, and deliver dozens of brilliant haikus.

Are the Bears good? They are not. But the work of DBB doesn’t stop! And we get a new coach…again!

I can only do what I’ve done here because of these pledge drives. I will NEVER put this content behind a paywall. I will never interrupt the content with annoying ads. Instead, I’m channeling the NPR model of soliciting support from our readers and followers for one week. This is that week. We ask for seven days and then we don’t ask again until next season.

So, give what you can. A dollar. A fiver. A hundo. Nothing. Your readership is the only support we’ve ever truly wanted. This drive simply ensures you’ll continue to have unique work to read.

The link to support is right here!

It is very simple.

DBB has no paywall. We have no ads. We flirted with a subscription Substack but decided against it. We don’t try and sell you anything. We just provide original content, almost every day, because this is an 18-year labor of love and we’re exceedingly proud of the role we’ve carved out in the Bears media landscape.

But it costs money to keep the lights on around here and my return to the classroom has made it less possible for me to wholly fund the site. Last year, this pledge drive was overwhelming. You guys kept DBB going! So, we’re asking again! (And we’re doing so this week to move the site’s attention completely to the draft for the whole of April.)

Any support you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Give $1. Give $5. Give $25. Give $100. Give nothing. No matter what, your continued support is greatly appreciated. (Donating is easy. Just click the button below.)

Anyone giving at $25 or higher will be eligible for our drawing to win a $250 gift card for Lou Malnati’s and Taste of Chicago.