Jamar Williams News

Let's face it fellow Bears fans - there will be no coaching changes, firings or trades between now and the end of the season.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 8:53 pm US/Central Reporting Megan Mawicke It might sound a bit strange.

Bears receiver Devin Hester sat out Wednesday but said he expects to return to practice this week after suffering an ankle injury Sunday.

Back at practice, Tommie Harris appeared to be in a good mood as he walked off the field giggling with linebackers Lance Briggs and Jamar Williams.

As a public service to save the next fed-up Bears fan from picking up the phone or clicking "Send," please remember that Lovie Smith has two years and about $11 million left on his contract after this season.

Sometimes five different people can watch an NFL game and come up with five different turning points or reasons that one team won and another lost.

Jay Cutler comes off the field during a timeout on the last drive of the game against Atlanta.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Catching up on Thursday's news from the best division in football: Chicago Bears : Defensive tackle Tommie Harris usually misses one day of practice each week, but Thursday marked the second consecutive day he's rested his chronically sore knee.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Depending on the availability of two injured players, the Bears could start their fifth different combination of linebackers in six games Sunday when they visit the Cincinnati Bengals.

Brad Maynard dropped four punts inside the 20-yard line, and Robbie Gould finally kicked a field goal from beyond 50 yards.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. In returning the second-half kickoff 102 yards for a touchdown Sunday, Johnny Knox dashed through the Lions' coverage team and right to the top of the NFL rankings.

The Chicago Bears still have a ways to go before they instill the sort of fear that gripped opponents back in 1985, or during the days of Dick Butkus.

Our Bears expert Brad Biggs answers your questions: Q What would you attribute Greg Olsen's slow start this year to? Is he being doubled or bracketed? Has Nick Roach played well enough to supplant Hunter Hillenmeyer again, this time at middle linebacker? Will Jamar Williams ever get a chance to start on a regular basis? I thought he did really well ...

Any talk of the Bears ' linebackers these days has to be dominated by absenteeism.

No question has been asked more since the Bears' 48-24 victory over Detroit than whether or not Johnny Knox dropped the ball on his 102-yard kickoff return before he reached the endzone.

"We?ve got a lot of fallen soldiers," Briggs said. The Bears lost another linebacker against the Seattle Seahawks when Hunter Hillenmeyer went down with a rib injury, but Nick Roach moved over to the middle, Jamar Williams took Roach's strong-side spot, and the linebackers kept making plays in a 25-19 comeback victory.

Jamar Williams could have pouted on the sidelines, as other overlooked players have done.

Remember when linebacker Lance Briggs vowed he'd never play for the Bears again? Remember when the Bears tried to trade him? Remember when many in this city turned on him, offering to help pack his bags and get him out of town? Those months of rancor that began in March 2007 seem to have happened a lifetime ago.

It would have been a bigger story had the Detroit Lions not found a way to get off the schneid, but the first meeting between Rod Marinelli and his former team wasn't going to have any significance to him one way or the other.

The Bears entered the season proclaiming that they had as much or more depth at linebacker than any team in the league, and three games in they've proved it.