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Earlier this week the NFL revealed the game dates and times for the 2013 preseason schedule. Here is the official preseason schedule for the Chicago Bears.

Join us as we run down some Thoughts from the last week in the NFL, and be sure to add a few of your own in the comment section.

We're going to pay a visit to the SB Nation college sites of the Chicago Bears rookie class to gain some insight on the newest Bears. Today we'll talk to Wide Right & Natty Lite about undrafted wide out, Josh Lenz of Iowa State.

... because the fate of the season doesn't hang on the Bears perpetually hat-haired head coach, nor their Smoking QB. It lies squarely on the shoulders of Defensive Coordinator Mel Tucker.

We'll be breaking down the Bears schedule, by quarter, in the next couple of weeks, first up weeks 1-4. With Cincinnati, Minnesota, Pittsburgh and Detroit, there's a few familiar faces and a few AFC North opponents who look to take the Bears down.

Bears fans wanted another offensive weapon in the first round. Here's why Kyle Long is that weapon.

Yesterday we had you covered with some bits from the Phil Emery and Marc Trestman pressers, so today we'll bring you some of what Mel Tucker had to say, along with a few other Bears bits.

It's Monday, so it's time for our Thoughts on the NFL. After you see what we're thinking, be sure to leave a few of your own in the comment section.

Half of the Bears roster is a free agent after the 2013 season, including eleven starters, yet no rumors of extensions have been heard. Will anyone get extended before the start of the season?

George McCaskey has talked with Urlacher since his announced departure from the team, and the door for his return remains cracked open and not slammed shut. If he and Emery were willing to agree to the proposed contract, would you want him back?