TE Olsen feels like wearing Bears jersey for longer

As there have been doubts that he could be replaced since the Chicago Bears brought in tight end Brandon Manumaleuna on the first day of free agency, tight end Greg Olson, however, said that he is not unhappy with the team’s decision at all and has made it clear that he would only like to wear the Bears jersey in the new season.

“So far I have a great feeling about my role this year,” Olsen said on his Twitter page. “I have no desire to play anywhere but in Chicago.”

Leading the team with 60 catches and eight touchdowns last season, Olson proved that he is good blocking tight end. But that could not work with new coordinator Mike Martz, who traditionally doesn’t emphasize the tight end in the passing game on his offense line and there has been no tight end able to catch more than 38 passes in a season in Mart’s scheme. So, after the Bears signed Manumaleuna, a lot of people have been wondering Olsen could be another replaceable tight end under Martz’ ruling.

However, Olsen is just confident that he will remain as an important role and he is ready to compete with any other pass-catching tight ends. Well, wish him good chance.

Jay Cutler does not expect apology from Urlacher

The Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler’s bearing criticism from teammate just explains well why Cutler jersey is still among the top 10 best selling player jerseys. Instead of getting angry, or at least unhappy, the quarterback said receiver Brian Urlacher did not need to apologize for critical remarks on the quarterback.


Urlacher questioned the Bears' direction while wondering why they went from emphasizing the run to the pass during an interview last weekend. And such questioning remarks caused a lot to guess he might be unhappy with Cutler’s existence in Chicago.

While bringing the Pro Bowl quarterback from the Denver Broncos gave the Bears quite a lot of hopes in avoiding missing the playoffs for the third year, Cutler has not performed as they expected. The quarterback now leads the NFL with 20 interceptions and the Bears have lost four straight games and six of the last seven games, during which Cutler threw totally 15 interceptions.

Cutler knows he should be blamed for the losses and interceptions, so he understands Urlacher’s frustration with the team’s performance, and said there is no need for the linebacker to apologize.

"You can't take anything personal in this game, especially whenever we're losing," Cutler said. "I'm going to get a lot of blame. I'm aware of that. A lot of it should come my way. I'm understanding of that. I know Brian's frustrated. I'm frustrated. There's not much we can do."

49ers ended loss streak by beating Bears 10-6

The San Francisco 49ers Coach Mike Singletary proved what he said before the game by beating the team he played for as a player. The 49ers beat the Chicago Bears 10-6 on Thursday night.


Bears starting quarterback Jay Cutler threw a career-high five interceptions in the game and his last one came in the end zone on the game’s final play, while running back in No. 21 49ers jersey, Frank Gore ran for 104 yards and a touchdown, and quarterback Alex Smith won the first of his eight starts since Week 2 in 2007.

It was wide receiver Michael Crabtree who picked off Cutler’s final attempt in the end zone as time expired, sealing 49ers’ first win since Oct. 4 and ending a three-game losing streak.

Cutler apologized in his postgame news conference, not wearing his Bears jersey, for his bad performance in the game. It was the second time he threw four or more interceptions this season and he has had an NFL-worst record of throwing 17 interceptions totally.

Bears DT Harris inactive Sunday with sore left knee

The Chicago Bears played Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals without defensive tackle Tommie Harris, who had a sore left knee and listed as inactive for the game along with running back Adrian Peterson (different person from the running back in Vikings jersey), who also had a bad knee.

It was not surprise to see Harris inactive Sunday as he had missed team’s practice all last week. Also it was not surprise to see the Bears lost to the Bengals at 45-10 as the team’s linebacking unit got shuffled again with Pisa Tinolsamoa’s having knee injury. The Bears moved Hunter Hillenmeyer from middle to outside and had Nick Roach start in the middle.

Compared to Bears, the Bengals’ loss seemed much loss. Safety Roy Williams missed his second straight game on Sunday with a forearm injury but linebacker Domata Peko, who sprained his left knee last week, returned to team and started against the Bears.

Bye week could give Bears injured players time to recover

After winning three straight games, the Chicago Bears welcomed their bye week. Without game to play this week, the team will have time to take a good care of the injured players.


During last Sunday’s 48-24 win over the Detroit Lions, another player was added to the wounded list- wide receiver Devin Hester had an injury to the shoulder area during the game and his status became uncertain for the game against the Atlanta Falcons in two weeks. Other injured players to look other include back up running back Adrian Peterson, receiver Johnny Knox and defensive lineman Israel Idonije.

The list of banged-up Bears is long, as defensive tackle Tommie Harris said. “A lot of things didn’t happen the way we wanted them to happen, with all the injuries.” And Coach Lovie Smith said the team has not yet ruled out anybody and he hoped to see all of the guys wearing chicago bears jersey by the time of game.

DB Hood got one-year contract from Bears

Being released by the Cleveland Browns the previous day, defensive back Rod Hood soon found his new job in the Chicago Bears, who announced on Tuesday that they have signed Hood to a one-year contract.


Hood started 14 games last season and Super Bowl for the Arizona Cardinals but was cut in April. He found a job in Cleveland in May and was used just for rotation at cornerback. In last Saturday night’s preseason game the Browns playing against the Tennessee Titans, he was beaten on a touchdown pass.

It seemed that he was unnecessary to the Cardinals and the Browns, but the Bears, who have been short-handed in the secondary during the preseason, Hood’s joining will add depth to the dinged-up secondary. With cornerback Charles Tillman recovering from offseason back surgery, and cornerback Zackary Bowman and safety Danieal Manning nursing hamstring injuries, Hood could be valued more than he was in his former teams.