| Bears Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
21 Mar 2010 at 12:30pm
A couple of Utah prospects make sense for the Bears, who won't have a pick until the third round of next month's draft but still have holes to fill at safety and on the offensive line.
It's difficult to project which players will be available when the Bears finally get around to their first pick, which is 76th overall, but they would probably be delighted if Utah's Zane Beadles was still on the board.
Beadles was mostly a left tackle in college, starting there for the past three years. But several NFL talent evaluators project him to guard, where he started for the Utes as a freshman. While he seems to lack the athleticism necessary to play left tackle in the NFL, he could find a home at right tackle. |
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| Bears release Vasher (AP) |
17 Mar 2010 at 3:07pm
| The Chicago Bears have released former Pro Bowl defensive back Nathan Vasher. Vasher, selected in the fourth round of the 2004 draft out of Texas, played six seasons with Chicago and made 19 interceptions, including eight in 2005 when he was picked for the Pro Bowl. Vasher's play dropped off the last several seasons and he was slowed by injuries. |
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| Bears sign CB Jennings, release FB McKie (AP) |
16 Mar 2010 at 5:21pm
| The Chicago Bears have signed free agent cornerback Tim Jennings to a two-year contract and released fullback Jason McKie. A second-round draft pick by Indianapolis in 2006, Jennings recorded 157 tackles and four interceptions in four years with the Colts. He was not offered a tender after the season, making him free to sign elsewhere. |
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| Bullocks signs with Bears (AP) |
11 Mar 2010 at 7:34pm
| Restricted free agent safety Josh Bullocks has signed his one-year tender offer from the Chicago Bears. Bullocks made four starts and appeared in 12 games with the Bears last season, finishing with 21 tackles -- 14 in the last two games -- and five special teams stops. He has 327 tackles, six interceptions and 28 pass breakups in five seasons with the Bears and New Orleans Saints. |
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| Bears sign FB Eddie Williams (AP) |
10 Mar 2010 at 4:48pm
| Fullback Eddie Williams has signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears. Drafted in the seventh round by Washington last year, he spent most of the season on the Redskins' practice squad before being elevated to the active roster Nov. 2. He was inactive for three games before being placed on injured reserve with a broken leg in late November. |
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| Business as usual in NFL free agency (AP) |
10 Mar 2010 at 4:04pm
| Business as usual. The absence of a salary cap has caused little change in how NFL teams approach the early stages of free agency. There still has been a spending spree, highlighted by the $42 million guaranteed the Chicago Bears gave defensive end Julius Peppers on the first day he became unrestricted. |
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