The Latest Breaking News from Matt Eberflus

The third-year quarterback will make his return to the starting lineup in a pivotal NFC North matchup.

The bounty Ryan Poles received for the No. 1 overall pick might still be better option — especially with the Panthers’ pick currently No. 1 overall. But the Texans’ success with Stroud rekindles a frustrating lament for Bears fans: What are the Texans doing that the Bears are not?

The Chicago Sun-Times’ Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash analyze the 3-7 Bears’ most pressing questions as they embark on another “mini-bye:”

Thursday night, defensive end Montez Sweat looked a lot more like the player the Bears envisioned when they gave him the richest per-year salary in franchise history.

D’Onta Foreman spent all Thursday thinking about the Panthers, and how they let him sign elsewhere despite rushing for 914 yards in place of Christian McCaffrey last year.

Bears coach Matt Eberflus will wait until next week to give an update as Fields rehabs his thumb injury.

While Chicago and Carolina struggled through a low-scoring, Thursday night affair, the rookie quarterback is busy showing both organizations exactly what they missed out on.

Another season is down the drain, and you know who is to blame again.

There’s no way anyone feels better about where coach Matt Eberflus is steering the Bears than they did before kickoff.