Nathan Vasher News Archives

If this eventually will be viewed as a statement game, then the man who had to speak through a fractured jaw made a loud one whose impact was surpassed only by the Bears' performance.

Looks like Lovie has made some changes in personnel . 1. Hunter Hillenmeyer goes back to the Mike and Nick Roach moves back to the Sam.

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 .

It was a victory for a division championship that was anything but cause for celebration.

Where do you start after a game like this? The New York papers have been hammering the Brooke Hundley-n-Steve Phillips affair all week ... and this debacle was that kind of ugly.

To hear David Terrell echo the beliefs of his teammates on the way off the field Sunday after a rousing 28-21 victory over the New York Giants, if the Bears can make it here, they can make it anywhere.

The Jay Cutler contract extension on Tuesday night sets the quarterback to be on board for the same length of time as general manager Jerry Angelo, who is also signed through 2013.

Why did Cedric Benson and others depart with so much untapped potential? Rick Morrissey In the wake of the news October 23, 2009 The Bears didn't need to blackball Cedric Benson .

"There were more people in the training room after we played the Bears than any other opponent.

Tinoisamoa left the game Sunday night in Atlanta on a cart after he couldn't put weight on his right leg.

It's not going to be remembered like the meltdown the Bears had here last season in the final 11 seconds, but they might have even more angst coming out of their 21-14 loss to the Falcons on Sunday night.

If there is a major flaw in the Bears' defensive system, it's that designing a team that creates turnovers relies heavily on spontaneous, improvised, opportunistic plays.

The subject line of the e-mail read, "How to Pray for the Bears ," and I thought, OK, I'll bite.

The biggest issue for the Bears going into Sunday night's game against the Green Bay Packers was whether coach Lovie Smith could risk resting any of his starters while maintaining momentum and, in his most optimistic moments, peak going into the NFL playoffs.

Bears are lucky. No, wait, they're good. No, wait . . . Three games into the season, and the Bears are lucky to be 2-1 when you consider they won two games by a combined nine points after their opponents blew 12 points worth of field goals.