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Jeff Joniak on Friday, September 11, 2009 |
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- Every Bear with the exception of receiver Devin Aromashodu practiced. He has a sore quad. It also means Charles Tillman fully participated.
- Head coach Lovie Smith on the health of the secondary: “Now we have all the players that we started training camp hoping to be on the field we have for our first game. That’s a good thing. Players tell you who should start, who should dress. We have a pretty good idea of how we will play our players this week. We’re confident they will play well.”
- Several defensive players made a point to say the biggest change in the Bears defense this season comes down to accountability.
- Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye said mental mistakes will not be tolerated this year. “We have not place for that on this team. When we do mess up, we call out the person in front of the whole team, in front of the whole defense…everyone is being held accountable.”
- Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher pumped up the defense during his chat with the media. “”We’re playing fast. That’s the number one thing we did in the preseason. We made some mistakes, we’re going to do that, but we played fast. We got to the football, guys got there and they hit. That’s fun.”
- Packers return specialist Will Blackman (thigh) and reserve running back Brandon Jackson missed another practice Thursday. However, rookie defensive lineman B.J. Raji did return from a sore ankle.
- Bears rookie safety Al Afalava is now wearing number 24, instead of number 46. Tight end Michael Gaines will wear number 86, instead of 85.
- Something to think about: In nine Bears wins in 2008, the Bears record 22 sacks. In seven losses, the Bears had a six sacks including being shutout in four of those games, including both Packers games.
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