Filed under: chicago bears, comedy, crime, football, nfl, sports | Tags: chicago bears, muhsin muhammad, wide receiver, carolina panthers, sports illustrated, where receivers go to die, peter king, matt jones, michael irvin, coke problems, kissing suzy kolber
Thank you, Muhsin Muhammad. We enjoyed your hands-of-brick, too.
Speaking to SI’s Peter King about his three-year stint with the Bears, current Carolina Panthers’ wide receiver, Muhsin Muhammad, said, “That’s right. It’s where receivers go to die.“
And to think, all this time I thought the mind-frenzying hysteria induced by a coke binge was the place all receivers went to die.
Filed under: chicago bears, football, list, nfl, sports | Tags: chicago bears, defensive tackle, dusty dvoracek, hamstring injury, king's ransom, knee injury, marcus harrison, matt toeaina, new contract, NFC Player of the Week, pro bowl, sacks, tommie harris
Continuing our list of…well…read the title, buddy.
# 3. Tommie Harris
When Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris is healthy, he’s on. And when he’s on, he is on. And at no time has this been more evident then in the first month of the 2006 season. Harris led the NFL with 5 sacks through the first four games, and received the “NFC’s Player of the Week” award twice in three weeks.
Unfortunately for Harris and the Bears, a hamstring injury would keep him from participating in the final four games of the season, but nonetheless, he still garnered Pro Bowl honors.
Fast forward to 2007. Harris achieved a career-high eight sacks despite playing through — for most of the season — nagging injuries related to his left knee. And while nobody’s questioning his heart or toughness, because it’s been tested and is obviously there, you could only imagine what Harris is capable of when completely healthy. (more…)
Filed under: chicago bears, football, injury, nfl, offseason, sports | Tags: chicago bears, running back, matt forte, detroit lions, knee surgery, kevin jones, cleared to practice, suddenly the run game looks really good
The Bears’ revamped running game just got another boost. Running back Kevin Jones will practice with the Bears for the first time tonight after being cleared medically to do so.
Jones had been recovering from reconstructive knee surgery he underwent in January. The timetable for such a recovery was said to be at least 10 months, which makes today’s news even more remarkable.
The Bears signed Jones, the Lions castoff, in July with hopes that he would be ready for the season opener. Now, it looks as if that’s a realistic possibility.
Jones will likely bid for playing time as a part of some type of one-two combo with rookie Matt Forte.
Filed under: chicago bears, comedy, football, nfl, offseason, sports | Tags: desmond clark, hazing, i hope things aren't weird between lovie and kellen now, i'm too sexy, initiation, kellen davis, Lovie Smith, michigan st., right said fred, rookie, tight end
Of all the songs to choose to sing in front of a group of 80-something grown men, Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy” has to rank up there with The Weather Girls’ “It’s Raining Men” and Ricky Martin’s “Livin’ La Vida Loca” as most embarrasing. Yet, it’s the song that Bears rookie tight end, Kellen Davis, was forced to perform as part of his rookie initiation.
As to be expected, Davis’ teammates were none too impressed with his performance. Fellow Bears tight end, Desmond Clark, offered, ”Kellen was bad, really bad, plus he looks like the guy who sings that song.”
I, personally, don’t get it. What could not be appealing about a 6′7, 252-pound man belting out one of, if not, the biggest gay anthems of the nineties all time?
At least, Davis’ reason for choice of song was of merit. According to the Detroit Free Enterprise, Davis chose “I’m Too Sexy” after learning how impressed head coach Lovie Smith was of Davis’ body.
…Awkward.
Filed under: chicago bears, football, game results, injury, nfl, preseason, rumor, sports | Tags: chicago bears, Adrian Peterson, rex grossman, mike brown, chris williams, kyle orton, josh beekman, offensive line, matt forte, brandon mcgowan, kansas city chiefs, terrance metcalf, preseason, caleb hanie, lousaka polite, john st. clair, pj pope, garrett wolfe, first round pick, season endingm, surgery, herniated disc, arthroscopic, troy polomalu, leonard peters, game results, 24-20
PRESEASON WEEK 1
Kansas City 24, Chicago 20 - ESPN Box Score
When your first-round pick, and instrumental cog piece to a seemingly, already mediocre offensive line, undergoes potential season-ending surgery, you have the right to worry.
A day after left tackle, Chris Williams, had surgery to repair a herniated disc in his lower back - an injury unrelated to the one that had been keeping him out of practice — the Bears took the field against the Kansas City Chiefs for both teams’ first preseason game of the year.
Suprisingly, starting in place of Williams, veteran John St. Clair and the rest of the Bears offensive line looked anything but worried. All night, quarterbacks Kyle Orton, Rex Grossman, and Caleb Hanie had ample time to throw the ball. Better yet, gaping holes were aplenty for the team’s slew of running backs, as Matt Forte, Adrian Peterson, Garrett Wolfe, P.J. Pope, and Lousaka Polite all looked impressive at times. (more…)
Filed under: chicago bears, comedy, football, madden, nfl, sports | Tags: chicago bears, hopefully our o-lines knees stay in tact, madden 09 en espanol, madden cover jinx, release date, Roberto Garza, spanish madden, united way
It looks as if Bears right guard, Roberto Garza, will brave the curse and don the cover of this year’s special, Spanish edition of Madden: Madden ‘09 En Espanol. According to IGN, the game features “exclusive Spanish language content, including additional music tracks, and Spanish play-by-play and game analysis voice-over.”
FIELD GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL ES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Madden ‘09 En Espanol is set to be released on Sept. 16. Ironically, that’s just nine days after the regular season opener, and just five days before the entire Bears offensive line should be expected to collectively blow out their knee sockets.
Good luck on trying to convince Donnie Edwards — or better yet, Ron Mexico — to appear on the 2010 cover, EA.
Filed under: chicago bears, comedy, football, i can has urlacher, injury, nfl, offseason, rumor, sports | Tags: back injury, chicago bears, chris williams, chris williams might be 97 years old, depth chart, first round pick, john st. clair, left tackle, practice, spasms, training camp, vanderbilt
For all the talk that left tackle Chris Williams’ back injury is nothing serious, it sure is taking a long time to heal. Williams, the Bears’ first-round pick, has been out since July 24 when he left practice due to stiffness in his lower back.
Hopes were high that Williams could come in and start right away at left tackle — no easy feat for a rookie by any stretch of the imagination. Yet, as he missed his 13th straight practice on Monday, the optimism that he’ll be at left tackle on opening day has begun to fade. (more…)
Filed under: chicago bears, football, nfl, offseason, rumor, sports | Tags: chicago bears, corey graham, cornerback, cousin, danieal manning, dennys, depth chart, nickel position, offseason, preseason, ricky manning jr, training camp, Trumaine McBride
We’re already aware that Danieal Manning is believed to be the distant cousin of former Bears cornerback, Ricky Manning, Jr. What isn’t clear, however, is why the first depth chart of the summer shows Danieal “manning” the safety position and not nickel back.
It was reported that Danieal, after bouncing back and forth between the two positions last year, had finally found an established home at nickel this offseason.
Perhaps the contradiction in the depth chart was a simple blunder, but maybe the Bears have changed their fickle minds again. If they have, Trumaine McBride or Corey Graham will jockey for playing time at the position – a prospect I can more than live with. (more…)
Filed under: chicago bears, football, highlight, nfl, offseason, sports | Tags: chicago bears, chicagobears.com, highlights, king of pop, michael jackson, private, public, say what you want but the man can dance, smooth criminal, sportsfansnetwork, training camp, video, why SFN why
Just a short couple of days after praising SportsFansNetwork for broadcasting to the public – what remains to most of us — a private event, SFN has changed course and decided to make their video highlights of the Bears’ 2008 Training Camp…well, private. And at least for now, the highlights will be made accessible only through invitation.
Nonetheless, you can still view Training Camp highlights from the Bears’ official Web site, ChicagoBears.com. As a matter of fact, as one would expect, the highlights on the official site have a much better production value and are generally, more extensive. So, take that, you SFN bastards!
Filed under: chicago bears, football, list, nfl, sports | Tags: brian urlacher, chicago bears, contract, cover 2 defense, devin hester, jerry angelo, jersey, pro bowler, walter payton
Continuing our list of…well…read the title, buddy.
# 4. Brian Urlacher
Carrying on the tradition of the great Bears middle linebacker, Brian Urlacher has, unquestionably, been the most recent in a long line of franchise faces for the organization.
Urlacher’s abilities to run sideline to sideline, make jaw-jarring hits, and drop back in coverage have made him the ideal weapon in Chicago’s Cover 2 defense.
A contract dispute earlier this month thought to create a rift between Urlacher and the Bears organization, but general manager Jerry Angelo stepped up and made a deal. And now that the six-time Pro Bowler is happy and seemingly, feeling no ill effects from offseason neck surgery, he can get back to business.
Urlacher or Yerlicker – regardless of how you want to pronounce his name — is the big name, at the glamorous position, in the best football city in the world. Before Devin Hester, you couldn’t find a Bears jersey in the West Coast aside from Urlacher’s and Walter Payton’s.
Urlacher is a symbol of the Bears brand of tough defense, and even if he’s fallen off a little bit, just his presence alone should be enough to carry the team and turn fans into believers.
