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Ready to rumble? Bears 'D' doesn't seem close
Ready to rumble? Bears 'D' doesn't seem close
Ready or not, that season starts in nine days against the Indianapolis Colts. And the Bears defense appears anything but ready after getting rocked in Cleveland.
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Off For Labor Day
Da' Bears Blog — ... Despite David Haugh's insistence, I'm just not overly concerned with the defense. Judging the running de without both starting defensive tackles and Mike Brown seems silly. ...

Tillman's Time Off and Bears Defense
Windy City Gridiron — ... told WBBM-AM during a sideline interview. In the same article it lists Lovie Smith as the 9th best coach in the league by an MSNBC poll.  The big reasoning is the amount of games won with the QBs we have had. With the trade of Brett Favre it has left the NFC North with a QB group as a weak point. The 2007 combined passer rating of all the quarterbacks in the NFC North this year was 78. Bears coaches are left stunned by the play of their D and I think most of us are the same way. ...

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