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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bears finished last season in second place in the NFC North at 8-8, and did not make the playoffs.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Last season, the&amp;nbsp;Bears scored 18.2 points per game, which ranked them 18th&amp;nbsp;in the league. The&amp;nbsp;team had&amp;nbsp;6,109 yards of total offense.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running back&amp;nbsp;Matt Forte&amp;nbsp;led the team in rushing, with 1,339 yards on 289 carries. He ran for 9 touchdowns.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Receiver&amp;nbsp;Brandon Marshall&amp;nbsp;had 100 catches for 1,295 yards and 12 touchdowns to lead the team.&amp;nbsp;Wideout&amp;nbsp;Alshon&amp;nbsp;Jeffrey added 89 catches for 1,421 and 7 touchdowns.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In January, the Bears signed&amp;nbsp;Jay Cutler&amp;nbsp;to a&amp;nbsp;7-year, $126 million&amp;nbsp;deal. $54 million of the contract is guaranteed. Last season, Cutler played in just 11 games. He threw for 2,621 yards and had 19 touchdowns. He also threw 12 interceptions.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bears' defense finished the season at plus-five in turnovers. Cornerbacks&amp;nbsp;Charles Tillman&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Tim Jennings&amp;nbsp;each forced three fumbles. Jennings also led the team with four&amp;nbsp;interceptions.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Bears sacked opponents just 31 times.&amp;nbsp;Linebacker&amp;nbsp;Julius Peppers, who signed with the Green Bay Packers in the offseason, led the team with 7 sacks.\u200B\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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