The Bears put on shoulder pads for the first time tonight and it resulted in a spirited practice with some actual hitting going on. It will be flat-out football on Friday when the team practices in full pads for the first time, but Wednesday’s practice included some collisions and a whole lot of enthusiasm on [...]
Tags: brett johnson, cody jones, Eddie Young, football, Gary Doxy, Jahvid Best, Jeff Tedford, Kevin Riley, Nate Longshore, shane, Shane Vereen, Tracy Slocum, Zack FollettI did most of my Spring Practice commentary in the podcasts, but I thought it would be worthwhile to put down some notes in word form as well:
Players with best practices (according to me, anyway):
Nyan Boateng
Michael Calvin
Covaughn DeBoskie
Brian Anger
Tad Smith
Peter Geurts
Ernest Owusu
Syd’Quan Thompson
Rulon Davis (as a leader)
Units that are looking to be strong going into [...]
Tags: Bernard Hicks, Cameron Morrah, Charles Amadi, Chris Conte, cody jones, Covaughn Deboskie, Darian Hagan, Derrick Hill, Devin Bishop, Jahvid Best, Jeremy Ross, john tyndall, Marcus Ezeff, Michael Calvin, Nyan Boateng, pac-10, Peter Geurts, Rose Bowl, shane, Shane Vereen, spring practice, Tad Smith, Tracy SlocumWell, now that the delayed start of spring practice is just a few days away, I’m resuming my position-by-position preview. We finished off the offense last time so we’ll move over to the defense today and take a look at the defensive line.
There’s no question this was a weak spot on the team last year. [...]