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Telling Bears defensive linemen that Adrian Peterson won't play Sunday because of an ankle injury and illness is like saying Charlie Weis will coach Notre Dame the next five years.

Jay Cutler said he'll look into wearing an insulin pump during the offseason to manage his type 1 diabetes, but when he tried outfitting himself with one in Denver, he had difficulty keeping it on.

When Jay Cutler was traded to the Bears , Vikings defensive end Jared Allen sent a text message to Cutler congratulating him for getting out of Denver.

Instead of continuing to beat their helmets against eight-man fronts, the Bears are coming to a realization: they don't have to run the ball.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. It's fitting that Jay Cutler often wears Crocs to his post-game press conferences.

"We lost the game, so it doesn't matter," said inconsolable defensive end Alex Brown.

The Bears ' running game ranks 26th in the NFL . And quarterback Jay Cutler has been sacked, hurried and knocked down an inordinate number of times.

Will it be quarterback , who twice was flattened by the Pro Bowl behemoth during the Bears ? 30-6 victory on Sunday? Or will it be left guard Josh Beekman , who allowed Rogers to turn Cutler into detritus on the Soldier Field grass? Think of it this way: When a child gets the flu, no one feels worse than the protective parent.

CHICAGO With a swipe of his play chart, Browns defensive coordinator Rob Ryan dismissed Jay Cutler with a wave and a growl.

Five takeaways by a defense that was humbled in a 45-10 loss to Cincinnati a week ago powered the Bears past the dysfunction Cleveland Browns 30-6 Sunday at Soldier Field.

It is official: Ron Turner, you are an idiot. If there were any doubters of this observation, Turner silenced them this past week asA the Chicago Bears offensive coordinator came out and made several head-scratching comments to Chicago Tribune reporter Vaughn McClure: "Everyone's talking about the offensive line, and I have no idea why.

Frank Omiyale's starting job is safe, for now, as he lined up with the first-team offense Wednesday.

Five games into the NFL season, the Chicago Bears's fifth-round draft pick is looking like a needle found in the haystack.

Bears offensive guard Roberto Garza talks with tackle Frank Omiyale during minicamp in March.

The Bears paid Jay Cutler but they'll be fortunate to get their money's worth this season unless something changes.

The Bears may not wish to acknowledge their deficiencies in running the football, but they don't have to, the numbers say it all.

Bears assistant head coach Rod Marinelli fell in love with Gaines Adams in 2007, when Adams came out of Clemson and Marinelli was the head coach of the Detroit Lions.

Air Cutler took the Bears for a helicopter ride Sunday afternoon. "That was nuts, man," offensive tackle Chris Williams said.

Could it be that the Bears running back Matt Forte is having a sophomore slump? Maybe... Maybe not.

The question isn't whether the Bears need to run the ball more than they have in the first two games of the season, but can they? Bears offensive coordinator Ron Turner seemed perplexed by the question of "better balance" in the offense: "I don't know ... more balanced than what? I'm not sure what you're talking about," he said.