The Washington Redskins and rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III come to Solider Field this Saturday to battle the Chicago Bears. Mike Shanahan returns to his hometown where he’ll see three familiar faces opposing him for the first time since they worked together in Denver (06-08). The starters should play for most of the first quarter [...]
The Chicago Bears will take to Soldier Field again this Saturday for its second preseason game of the 2012 season. After a lackluster performance last Thursday against the Denver Broncos, the Bears will be seeking improvements in all phases of the game. The second preseason game is usually much like the first: limited time for [...]
BOURBONNAIS, IL- The offensive line is clearly the biggest question mark heading into the season for the 2012 Chicago Bears. J’Marcus Webb has been inconsistent at the blind side since the Bears drafted him in 2010. He lacks the maturity and the meanness that offensive coordinator Mike Tice generally looks for. Chris Williams on the other hand [...]
BOURBONNAIS, IL- With camp winding down the battles have heated up. Sunday afternoon’s practice saw the Bears defense have a dominate showing, but as usual Jay Cutler and Brandon Marshall continued to shine. Here are a few of my observations from Sunday’s practice: The biggest news coming out of Sunday’s practice was Brian Urlacher telling [...]
With a quarterback that has been sacked 110 times in the last three seasons in Chicago, you wouldn’t point to the Bears offensive line as being its strongest suit. Despite not making any major additions to the offensive line during the offseason, the team feels good about the direction the offensive line is headed. Here [...]
Special contribution from Matt Eurich. After the pads went on Saturday night in Bourbonnais, the real football started. No longer are the players just walking through practice, but are expected to get to participate at near full strength in order to improve themselves and the team. Here are my observations from Tuesday afternoon’s practice: -The [...]
Today was the first day of practice for the Chicago Bears in Bourbonnais. The first padded practice will take place on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. Offensive lineman Chris Williams is competing with J’Marcus Webb for the starting gig at left tackle. He doesn’t seemed to worried about the battle with Webb. You just come [...]
The Chicago Bears‘ offensive line certainly hasn’t been steady the past couple of seasons. ESPN analyzed that the Bears allowed a sack every 10.5 dropbacks over the past two seasons. The Arizona Cardinals were second worst with one sack every 12 dropbacks. The line also ranked 30th in the league when it came to runs [...]
The Bears made a couple of moves to their 53 man roster today. They officially announced 2008 first-round pick, left guard Chris Williams was placed on injured reserve with his wrist injury. Second-year guard Edwin Williams, who replaced him in the second half played pretty well in his place on Sunday. He started three games [...]
The Bears came away with the big 37-13 victory over the Lions tonight, but it came with a price. The offensive line that had been gelling so well the past few weeks lost one of its key contributors, left guard Chris Williams. According to Vaughn McClure of the Chicago Tribune, Williams suffered a wrist injury [...]
