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With the Bears on their bye week, the Sun-Times’ Patrick Finley — who can be found at @patrickfinley — answers your questions from Twitter.

The Bears have a solid argument that they’re the ones best positioned to reign next. That’s quite a statement about a team that might finish 3-14 and winless in the division, but they’ll have a lot working in their favor starting in 2023.

It’s an important question that will tell us more about the way general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Matt Eberflus view the team’s rebuilding season than any move this side of the Roquan Smith trade.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears held a light practice Wednesday afternoon, a walk-through of sorts but with enough work that quarterback Justin Fields was able to test his injured left shoulder. The team’s medical staff cleared Fields to participate, but he still felt noticeable pain as he continued working through…

The Bears are projected to have a top-five draft pick in 2023, which gives them a chance to land Alabama EDGE Will Anderson.

Let’s take a look at where the Bears stand in the power rankings going into Week 12 against the Jets.

ESPN's Dan Graziano pitched an idea for Giants RB Saquon Barkley to join Justin Fields and the Bears' top rushing attack in 2023.

It would be an ironic twist for a general manager whose seven-year Bears career is best-remembered for him trading up to draft another quarterback, Mitch Trubisky, instead of Patrick Mahomes and Deshaun Watson in 2017.

With Khalil Herbert on injured reserve, Montgomery should get the clear majority of the carries over rookie Trestan Ebner. What he does with that opportunity will be a big factor in his upcoming free agency.