 Kevin Payne was expendable before the Bears traded for Chris Harris. So about 24 hours after bring Harris back, the Bears traded Payne to the Rams for an undisclosed draft pick.
What was disclosed was that the pick is for the 2011 draft; that's nice to know. And if you're a big Payne fan, the Rams depth chart at strong safety looks like the following: James Butler, David Roach, and Anthony Smith....
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 I feel better about the Bears today, Wednesday, than I did this time onTuesday. Chris Harris isn't perfect (far from it), but at least I knowwhat he does. Is Major Wright and Al Afalava half the secondary youwant next season? How much would you expect from those two, if theystarted on Week 1?
My answers: No and no idea. Wright was the75th overall pick in the draft; expectations have to be adjuste...
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 More on the Bears' five draft picks later, but here's some highlights from a few of their top picks.
Major Wright, third round, safety, Florida
There are more on YouTube, but this was a big hit in the 2009 National Championship Game. It's a good sign that Thom Brennaman, in calling the play, mentions that there's no one within ten yards of the receiver when the ball is thrown.
Corey Wootton, fou...
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 The NFL schedule was released and if you read this in time you can rush to ESPN2 for two hours of intense, mind-bending schedule release coverage. Everyone will tell you it's impossible to predict how a team will fare against their newly released schedule, then predict anyways.
The power of the NFL never ceases to amaze me.
Since the NFL's schedule was released that includes the Bears. Details...
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 This was inevitable. Nick Roach was tendered at a second-round level,so the Bears would have received a second-round pick had they allowedhim to sign somewhere else; obviously, that was never going to happen.
Roach is a nice linebacker to have returning, hopefully, because he'll be more confined to the role he's supposed to play. Injuries to Pisa Tinoisamoa and Brian Urlacher forced Roach into di...
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 At times last season, the Bears' offensive line played like theline in the photo on the right. But could things be looking up for theBears' O-line, at least when it comes to pass protection?
ProFootballFocus.comranks the NFL's pass protecting teams. The Bears are 25th. This isn'tsome subjective anecdotes either (otherwise, I'd rank the Bears worstthan 25th), this is an objective formula. In fact,...
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