monstersofthemidwayillustrated.wordpress.com - 5/15/2009
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Where have you gone Mark Anderson of 2006? The rookie sensation who had 12 sacks over 16 games as a part time starter for the NFC Champion Chicago Bears. Anderson also caused four fumbles on his way to a run at the defensive rookie of the year honors.
However if you closely examine ...
Defensive Ends Are Defense’s Friends
blogdownchicagobears.com 6/11/2009 — Stout defense will always be a defining characteristic of the Chicago Bears. It is typically indicative of their overall team success and it is their best weapon come Winter. Once a week, every week, we’ll look at a different position of their 2009 assemblage.
Defensive End — ...
Chicago Bears 2009 Off-Season Report
profootball-fans.com 5/12/2009 — Since the end of the Chicago Bears’ 2009 season, many football followers are suspecting that the Bears will improve on their 9-7 record due to the many off-season moves that were made.
Bears Rookie Mini-Camp Report
monstersofthemidwayillustrated.wordpress.com 5/2/2009 — I gathered information from various sources yesterday on how the rookies looked on the first day of mini-camp today. Obviously it’s very exciting when you have some of your newly minted fresh out of the box studs out there and Lovie Smith covered as much after practice.
The players ...
Bears Rookie Mini Camp and the Aftermath
monstersofthemidwayillustrated.wordpress.com 5/5/2009 — I’d like to be able to sit here and tell you as many glowing things about the rookies and draft picks as we’ve heard for the last two weeks, but I can’t. I’m going to take a very fair and measured approach to what we can take away from our top draft picks from rookie ...
Speak Up: Dusty Excited For This Season
myteamrivals.typepad.com 5/28/2009 —
Bears defensive tackle Dusty Dvoracek missed his entire rookie
season with a foot injury in 2006 and then suffered a season-ending
knee injury in the 2007 opener. He only played in 12 games last season,
missing the last four games with a ruptured right bicep.
Dusty Dvoracek had ...
Chicago Bears 53-man Battle Royale: Danieal Manning
monstersofthemidwayillustrated.wordpress.com 5/25/2009 — This is Danieal Manning’s make or break year. He’ll likely get THIS season to prove his value, and then the Bears could move on from him. I make this statement based on the same statement Jerry Angelo made about Dusty Dvoracek.
Not because Manning has been as injured as Dvoracek, ...
The Jay Cutler Effect: Introducing the New and Improved Bears Offense
bleacherreport.com 5/22/2009 — Bears fans actually saw glimpses of Ron Turner’s ideal offense when Rex Grossman briefly impersonated a top-flight quarterback during the 2006 season when the Bears made the Super Bowl. With the acquisition of Jay Cutler, Turner can now run his ...
NFL Network Path to the Draft: Chicago Bears Draft Grade
monstersofthemidwayillustrated.wordpress.com 5/1/2009 — The most complete NFL draft coverage you can find anywhere on T.V. today comes via the NFL Network and their half hour, now hour long program covering the NFL draft and all of the prospects in it’s entirety. You can find a more in-depth show anywhere else and the commentary is first rate ...
Let’s Say Disaster Strikes in Chicago
nflgridirongab.com 5/15/2009 —
Right now its safe to say Jay Cutler is becoming the face of the franchise along with Brian Urlacher. Their the 2 players wearing the headsets & the “C”, those are the players you want absolutely nothing to happen to! For arguments sake lets say disaster strikes, one of these players gets ...
Who Brought This Back Up? Oh, Wait... It Was Bears Players
windycitygridiron.com 6/5/2009 — How many people have brought this up? How many people have shot this idea down? And how many people actually think it could happen? Yes, the Plaxico Burress to the Bears idea is steadily trucking along. We have berated the ...
Q&A: Bears Cornerback Charles Tillman —
Bleacher Report - NFL 5/15/2009
Bears cornerback Charles Tillman’s physical playing style may have earned him another accolade during this offseason; most intimidating cornerback.
“Based on film breakdowns of the 2008 season, more NFL receivers dropped passes when ...
A Look at the NFC North in 2009 —
Bleacher Report - NFL 5/15/2009
The NFC North, inheriting the blue collar, tough-guy bravado from the former NFC Central, failed to ignite much excitement in 2008.
It holds the dubious title of having a team that finished with zero wins. The division was also captured ...
10 Potential Questions I Would Ask Matt Forte —
Bleacher Report - NFL 5/16/2009
So I get to go to the Bears Expo this Sunday (not a bad 25th birthday present), and I could not be more excited. I have never been to, nor do I have an intimate knowledge of the event, but I hear rumblings that various players will be in attendance. ...