Football Fan Spot

By Adam McFadden Go back to he 06 Super Bowl season for a minute. Remember who the Bears’ starting safeties were? You got it! The same guys that are starting for the Bears next week – Chris Harris and Daniael Manning. Yeah, I know about Mike Brown being hurt, but for…

  Wide Receiver This is how bad the Bears wide receiving corps is. No receiver caught more than 37 balls, while Roy Williams led all Bears’ wide receivers in snaps played. Jerry Angelo was known for not valuing the wide receiver position, but he’s been fired so it appears this…

Free Agency Priorities Guard They added a tackle through the draft, but they didn’t fix their problems inside at guard. Hopefully they can find some guard help in free agency otherwise Jay Cutler might get some more “injuries.”  Center Olin Kreutz was their only good offensive lineman last year. They…

QB Caleb Hanie (exclusive rights)- tendered QB Todd Collins RB Garrett Wolfe RB Kahlil Bell (exclusive rights)- tendered WR Devin Aromashadu WR Rashied Davis TE Desmond Clark OT Kevin Shaffer C Olin Kruetz DT Anthony Adams DT Tommie Harris OLB Pisa Tinoisamoa OLB Nick Roach OLB Brian Iwuh MLB Hunter…

By Ryan Glab Bears offense vs. Lions defense We’ve come to expect Mike Martz to call a balanced game plan while mixing in a healthy dose of run plays versus pass plays, at least since the bye week. But last week’s victory over the Eagles allowed us to catch a glimpse…

By Ryan Glab  A look at four keys for the Bears to beat this week’s opponent. 1. Utilize the short-passing game The Bears announced Wednesday that Jay Cutler has been cleared to play and will start on Sunday against the Seahawks barring any unforeseen setbacks. After a quarterback has gotten a…

By Ryan Glab A look at four keys for the Bears to beat this week’s opponent. 1. Get rid of the ball quickly The Jets have one of the most innovative defenses today that has served them well. Despite an awful quarterback, they are winning games with the No. 5 defense…

By Ryan Glab  A look at four keys for the Bears to beat this week’s opponent. 1. Force Michael Vick to his right The New York Giants had the right game plan to contain Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, but could not execute it as needed. Perhaps the Bears, who have great…

By Ryan Glab  Bears offense vs. Eagles defense Since the bye week, the Bears have called 108 run plays out of 204 plays from scrimmage. That’s a 52-48 run-to-pass ratio. The offense can’t get much more balanced than that and major credit needs to go to Lovie Smith and Mike Martz…

  OLB Zach Brown (North Carolina) OLB Darius Fleming (Notre Dame) DE Tim Fugger (Vanderbilt) S Brandon Hardin (Oregon State) MLB Dont’a Hightower (Alabama) DE Melvin Ingram (South Carolina) OLB Bruce Irvin (West Virginia) WR Alshon Jeffery (South Carolina) S Matt Johnson (Eastern Washington) S Trumaine Johnson (Montana) DE Chandler Jones (Syracuse)…