During the 2008 draft, while skimming through one of four draft guides I had bought, I came across an interesting nugget. As I’m sure most of you are aware, most draft guides have some kind of graphic that lists one …
Continue reading Bowman’s development gives Bears depth, flexibility
According to ChicagoBears.com, it will be second-year pro Zack Bowman, not Corey Graham, that will open training camp filling in for the injured Charles Tillman. Bowman appeared in one game last year, the Bears’ 48-41 victory over the Minnesota Vikings …
Continue reading Bowman, not Graham, will open camp at cornerback
For the past few years, the popular topic of discussion around town was moving cornerback Charles Tillman to safety because he’s a big, physical defensive back who can strip the ball with the best of them and also upgrade the …
Continue reading Keeping Tillman at cornerback the correct decision
In last year’s 37-27 loss to the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, the Bears limped into Detroit with an entirely different secondary than the one that started that season opener in San Diego. In 2007, the Bears were beat up …
Continue reading Déjà vu for the Bears at Ford Field?
In keeping with my previous entries, we’ll take a look at some of the things to watch in Thursday night’s preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns. It’s a bit harder to find ten distinct things in a meaningless fourth game, …
Continue reading 10 things to watch in preseason Game 4
As the Bears head into Game 3 of the preseason tonight against San Francisco, there are even more intriguing things to watch. A lot of people like to call this the “dress rehearsal” for the regular season because it’s the …
Continue reading 10 things to watch in preseason Game 3
The Bears will have their final practice of the 2008 training camp Thursday, and it will be closed to the public. Even though there are still three and a half weeks of preseason remaining until the Bears kick off the …
Continue reading Bears set to close training camp
While watching the Bears’ preseason game against Kansas City tonight, I took some notes during the game. I jotted down about 66 different tidbits, some good and some bad. Of course, I won’t go through each and every one of …
Continue reading Bears-Chiefs postgame thoughts
Last season, when Nathan Vasher missed 12 games with a groin injury, rookie cornerback Trumaine McBride started in his place and actually played admirably. So much so, in fact, that sports talk shows were flooded with calls from eager Bears …
Continue reading Graham overtaking McBride?
