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“You have arrived at this page because somewhere deep inside you — beneath the scar tissue, beneath the decades of disappointment, beneath the coaching carousels and the missed field goals and the trades that looked good in April — there is a fan who still believes. We salute you.”
Fuller content of the day’s top stories — for all 32 NFL teams, every single day.
Free subscribers see the front page headlines and teasers, team by team. All-Access subscribers get the full articles — every story, complete, delivered to your inbox every day, for every NFL team in the network, not just this one. Same articles. Just longer. Fuller. The whole thing. No “keep reading.”
Every All-Access subscriber gets one bonus content piece per week, every week, rotating through all seven formats — and it is not limited to one team. Your subscription unlocks the full Bonus Content library across all 32 NFL team sites in the network. Here is exactly what that looks like on the Bears page specifically — the full thing, live, right here, so you know exactly what you are getting before you spend a single dime.
A full Jeopardy-style board built entirely around your team’s history, lore, disasters, and occasional moments of glory. Four categories. Five clues each. $200 through $1,000. The $1,000 questions are genuinely hard. We verified every fact. We are not kidding about that part. Click on any one of the boxes and start the game!
| The Staley Ledger | Sweetness & the Shuffle | The Ben Johnson Reset | The Packers Problem |
|---|---|---|---|
| $200 | $200 | $200 | $200 |
| $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 |
| $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 |
| $800 | $800 | $800 | $800 |
| $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Nine satirical classified ads, three columns, all team-specific. FOR SALE. WANTED. LOST & FOUND. HELP WANTED. ANNOUNCEMENT. NOTICE. PERSONALS. OBITUARIES. The CONTACT line is always the punchline. Always.
The Bears did not win a playoff game from 2010 to 2024. B. Johnson arrived in 2025, won the NFC North, and won a playoff game in his first season — the first Bears coach to do so in franchise history. The fifteen-year drought has been officially filed as concluded. The filing was celebrated. The celebration was warranted.
Williams threw for 3,942 yards and a 27:7 TD-to-interception ratio in 2025. He completed 58.1% of his passes. Tom Brady called one of his throws the best of the NFL season. B. Johnson has identified completion percentage as the primary area of development for 2026. The arm is not the concern. It has never been the concern.
The Bears drafted C. Williams first overall in 2024. His rookie season was difficult — 5–12, fired coach. B. Johnson arrived, Williams threw for 3,942 yards, the Bears went 11–6 and won the NFC North. The search that has consumed this franchise for decades has been resolved. The resolution has a name.
The Bears won seven games in 2025 in which they trailed in the final two minutes. This statistic also suggests the defense was trailing in seven games. B. Johnson has identified pass rush consistency as the key development area for 2026. The offense scored 441 points in 2025, third-most in franchise history.
The Chicago Bears announce that they are the defending NFC North champions. They also announce that B. Johnson declared they are going back to square one two days after the season ended. Both of these statements are simultaneously true. B. Johnson considers this the correct approach.
Available as a historical artifact: three consecutive NFC North cellar finishes, each producing a top draft pick and zero postseason appearances. The three-year package produced C. Williams at No. 1 overall and the hiring of B. Johnson. Both outcomes are now considered satisfactory.
The Chicago Bears formally notify the NFC North that they are the defending division champions. They further notify the division that B. Johnson has declared a full reset for 2026, which the Bears consider the most threatening possible approach. The Lions have Goff and Campbell. The Packers have Love and a schematic rebuild.
Da Bears Faithful, lifelong, Chicago and the world over. Have watched fifteen years without a playoff win. Have watched three last-place finishes produce C. Williams and B. Johnson. Have watched a miraculous 11–6 NFC North title season and a playoff win. Have never watched a Super Bowl win since 1985.
Passed in January 2026, following a divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams. It went 11–6. It won the NFC North. It produced the first Bears playoff win since 2010. It is survived by C. Williams, B. Johnson, and a full reset that B. Johnson announced two days after the funeral.
A full team-specific Top Ten list. Completely deadpan. Treats every item with total journalistic seriousness. The list below is a sample. Yours will be specific to your team’s particular situation, history, and ongoing triumphs and disasters.
Seven team-specific fake eBay listings, ready to go every cycle, styled exactly like the real site — photo, description, seller, and current bid. The items are always something your team has misplaced, squandered, or never possessed. Reserve has not been met, and never may be met.
One team-specific Outer Limits Enquirer front page, every cycle. Completely straight-faced. It sells itself — that’s how funny it is.
Four new proposed NFL rules, each presented with complete regulatory seriousness. The title is always “THE NFL COMPETITION COMMITTEE PROPOSES:” followed by the rule name. Three to five sentences of deadpan satire. A new batch of four rules, every seven-week cycle.
Effective immediately, any player who is visibly sad after a penalty will be allowed to challenge the call on emotional grounds. The replay official will review the player’s expression in slow motion. If certified “genuinely devastated” by a panel of three therapists stationed in the press box, the penalty is waived. The Dallas Cowboys have already filed 847 pre-season challenges.
Starting in 2026, head coaches will be required to answer one post-game question with complete honesty. The question will be selected at random by a wheel spin. Early testing was abandoned after three coaches resigned, one cried, and Bill Belichick’s honest answer was legally classified as a threat.
In an effort to make fumbles less discouraging, any fumble recovered by the opposing team will now be referred to as an “unintentional lateral.” The player who fumbled will receive a certificate of effort. The team that recovered it will receive six points. Both outcomes will be celebrated equally on the official broadcast.
All play-by-play announcers will now be graded in real time by a panel of former players. Phrases such as “he just wanted it more,” “that’s a football player right there,” and “you cannot teach that” will trigger an automatic fine of $500 per occurrence. Early projections suggest the league will be debt-free by Week 3.
A fully illustrated satirical children’s book, team-specific, written for the fan who has a child who needs to understand why Sunday afternoons are like this. The illustrations are beautiful. The subject matter is not. Both things are intentional.
In the upcoming weeks and months with your paid subscription, you can also look forward to titles like these:
“I read the fifteen-year drought classified out loud at a family dinner. My uncle, who lived through all fifteen years personally, needed a minute.”— F. Kowalski, Bridgeport · 5-Month Subscriber
“My office pool now includes a category for ‘how many minutes into the season before someone mentions the notebook.’ This newsletter is directly responsible.”— Anonymous · 4-Month Subscriber
“Forwarded the Caleb Williams completion percentage trivia to my brother-in-law, a Packers fan. He tried to change the subject. I did not let him.”— T. Novak, Wicker Park · 3-Month Subscriber
“My kids think ‘square one’ is a real place now, somewhere near Halas Hall. I have not corrected them.”— R. Delgado, Evanston, Ill. · 6-Month Subscriber
“Cancelled during the three straight last-place finishes out of solidarity with my own suffering. Resubscribed the day Ben Johnson was hired. No regrets.”— Anonymous · Auto-Renew, No Regrets
“I keep the classifieds printed for the L train. Strangers keep asking if the notebook is real. I tell them yes.”— S. Bianchi, Logan Square · 7-Month Subscriber
Every top story’s headline, plus the five or six “Around the Building” stories — the same day they publish. No credit card. No trial period. No catch. If you just want to keep up with what’s happening, this covers it.
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Go All Access$9 per month…just 30 cents / day. That works out to be 3 dimes exactly, or a quarter and a nickel. And it is no longer just one team — that 30 cents covers full articles and Bonus Content for all 32 NFL teams in the network. We are asking you to spend the cost of approximately nothing to have your suffering (and everyone else’s) witnessed, documented, and returned to you in a funnier format than it arrived.
Hey — you’ve made it this far. You’ve looked at all seven weeks of bonus content you’ll be receiving — for all 32 NFL teams, not just this one. You’ve also seen that you’ll be getting daily, full-length headline articles from the entire network — every side article, too. Obviously you love your team with a passion to have lasted this long and smiled this much.
Yep. We can see you.
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