April 30th, 2010 
Matt Loede 
Posted in The Bears have themselves a new director of player personnel, as today the Bears announced the hiring of former Seahawks GM Tim Ruskell: The long-rumored hiring of former Seattle Seahawks general manager Tim Ruskell finally became reality Friday when the Chicago Bears announced he is the director of player personnel. Joining the Bears with 23 [...]
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Bears trade safety Kevin Payne to Rams
We didn’t have to wait long for the first of the fallout from the Chris Harris trade to start the player exodus out of Chi-town. On Wednesday, the Bears shipped safety Kevin Payne to the St. Louis Rams for a conditional draft pick. The Sun Times reported the pick was a seventh rounder. While Payne [...]
Jerry Angelo redeems himself by bringing Chris Harris back to Chicago
“You know, Lloyd…Just when I think you couldn’t possibly be any dumber, you go and do something like this…and TOTALLY redeem yourself!” Harry Dunne to Lloyd Christmas, Dumb and Dumber With today’s Chris Harris-for-Jamar Williams trade, Jerry Angelo took a huge step toward redeeming himself for a move he made 3 years ago [...]
Bears and safety Chris Harris come to terms on a restructured deal
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Bears and Safety Chris Harris have come to terms on a restructured contract. Schefter reports via his Twitter page: “Bears S Chris Harris restructured his contract to a two-year deal, with a $500,000 roster bonus payable March 5 2011 – or it’s 1 year deal.”
Bears sign 13 warm bodies to participate in this weekend’s rookie minicamp
Just to make sure they have enough warm bodies to go 11 vs. 11 at this weekend’s rookie minicamp, the Bears signed 13 rookie free agents following last weekend’s draft. These are the guys that weren’t good enough to get drafted, but actually get to decide for themselves which teams they want to try out [...]
Two defensive, two offensive picks complete Bears 2010 draft
A day after bolstering their defensive backfield with the drafting of Florida safety, Major Wright, the Bears continued their defensive picks in rounds 4 and 5 Saturday. In the fourth round, the Bears picked up Northwestern defensive end Corey Wootton (6′ 7″, 270). Some ‘experts’ projected Wootton as a potential first- or second-round pick [...]
Bears select Florida safety Major Wright in third round
With the 75th pick in the 3rd round of the NFL Draft, the Bears strengthened their defensive backfield by drafting Florida Jr. Safety, Major Wright (6′, 206 lbs). Wright saw extensive action as a freshman, and appeared in all 41 games in his career, with 33 career starts at free safety. He was credited [...]
Will Bears do safety dance with first pick in 2010 draft?
At a pre-draft press conference on Wednesday, Jerry Angelo addressed the media and fan cries for targeting a safety with their third-round pick. According to Brad Biggs at the Tribune, Jerry said… “We feel it probably gets to about (six to eight deep at the position) and that’s where it will stop where you feel comfortable that [...]
