Published on: 22nd August, 2009
It sounds like Bears coach Lovie Smith is planning anything but a vanilla run-of-the-mill preseason game for his players when they play Saturday night at Soldier Field against the New York Giants.“We want to eliminate some of the mistakes we made, which you normally do,” Smith said at the close of ...Published on: 19th August, 2009
Neither Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner nor guard Frank Omiyale would confirm it, but there was no need. Josh Beekman’s actions did the confirming Wednesday morning after practice in Bourbonnais when he stayed several minutes longer repeating his shotgun snaps. Omiyale will be the Bears’ starting left guard this year and ...Published on: 16th August, 2009
As usual, preseason openers don't capture the essence of real football. The Bears' 27-20 loss at Buffalo Saturday at least let everyone see quarterback Jay Cutler in uniform. It showed the defense has a long way to go despite claims that they're back. And it showed special teams coordinator Dave ...Published on: 14th August, 2009
Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner and coach Lovie Smith did a fairly good job of spelling out how important Saturday night’s game in Buffalo is to a lot of players on their team. “OTAs are one thing, training camp is another thing and games are a completely different thing,” Turner offered. Smith ...Published on: 12th August, 2009
Normally starting quarterbacks play a few series of the first preseason game, then joke around on the sidelines the rest of the night. However, coach Lovie Smith seems to have something different in mind for new starting quarterback Jay Cutler. Actually, that applies to all of his starters when the Bears play ...Published on: 10th August, 2009
The Chicago Bears’ second week of practice has already produced more than a few surprises with more likely to come Saturday in Buffalo against the Bills in the preseason opener. For one, rookie safety Al Afalava has received more and more repetitions with the first team ahead of free safety Craig ...Published on: 4th August, 2009
The Bears are doing some strange things at training camp with their backup quarterback position. No. It doesn’t have a thing to do with Jay Cutler. Brett Basanez came into camp as the third quarterback, with second-year holdover Caleb Hanie the backup to Jay Cutler. In the past three days Basanez has ...Published on: 2nd August, 2009
Here are some observations, comments, quotes and quips from the first weekend of workouts here in Bourbonnais: New kid on the block Just how wild are Bears fans going over the Jay Cutler era? Crowds in recent years have ranged between 2,500 to 4,000 for weekend practices but Friday they had 7,000, ...Published on: 31st July, 2009
It’s difficult to measure success and failure when it comes to football players running around in shorts and helmets without tackling or blocking. When the Bears debuted new quarterback Jay Cutler in Thursday’s first training camp practice in Bourbonnais, however, no one could have interpreted it as anything but a resounding ...Published on: 30th July, 2009
At least Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher kept his sense of humor. In a rare lengthy interview session with the media at the outset of Bears camp in Bourbonnais, IL, Urlacher on Thursday not only denied having a disagreement with quarterback Jay Cutler, but joked about it. Vikings receiver Bobby Wade said Urlacher ...