Here we go already....Chicago Bears Charles Tillman out indefinitely after back surgery

all the tv stations would say was KEY chicago bear injury. Ish that makes angelo’s whiffs on Ken Lucas and Rod Hood hurt. Im depressed :(

Moore and Bowman should get alot more PT during camp now.

Well guess we will see what D.J. Moore and Zach Bowman are made of early on.

honestly though, he’ll probably miss the first two reg season games and then play in a limited capacity until week 6. Just my opinion.

I hope this doesn’t lead to another shuffle of players, graham should stay at FS if they feel he’s the best fit there. I think we may end up getting a FA depending on how things go. How do yo feel about Bowman, Vasher (Alert! risk! risk!), Hamilton (I still haven’t forgiven him for the ATL Breakdown) and DJ Moore (rookie, prob get eaten alive, but has major potential). I don’t feel very good.

We’ll have to see how his rehab goes, but I wouldn’t mind bringing in someone, who? I don’t know, for whoever suggested Ken Lucas he signed with the Seahawks; hopefully we can get some decent camp casualties.

He’s expected to miss all of training camp and most of the preseason. not ALL, most. He’ll be back week one. It’s Peanut, not Mike Brown.

Bowman will get a ton of reps in Tillmans place, he’ll need to show his OTA work was legit

And so it begins.

If he just misses training camp and part of the preseason, its no big deal, we already knew he would start and, last year, he missed training camp as well.

The way I see it is this.

A) Gives valuable playing time to either Bowman or Moore with the starting offense, and
B) At least its a preventative surgery now, in the preseason, and not a season ending surgery during the season when the backup does NOT have some reps with the first team.

This injury will force Lovie to move up a rookie or second year player into potential starting roles during training camp. This could have become more of a positive thing if this had happened on the other side of the ball forcing us to see inexperienced player get starting time at wide receiver early on. As is, this is a huge set back to an already thin secondary. Plus this will f up the safety position even more. Big question is why didn’t this come out sooner?? You find this out 4 days before training camp? Great job Bears staff and physicians.

Are you all serious? this is not uncommon. he’s not out for the whole friggin season.

y’all are really making a big fuss about nothing. this is on par with everyone crying about who Cutler’s backups will be. there must be a picture to go with my rant. Aha! I found it

the Bears have always stopped the run while conceding the pass. Secondary is and will be continue to be this team’s weak link… As always the Bears have hedged their bets on getting to the QB before he can move his arm fast enough to throw to the open receivers.

Graham was supposed to be competing with Vasher who has been slipping and is definitely underplaying his contract. Now by default both starting CBs are guys that the Bears themselves have basically acknowledged are not currently worthy of starting to begin with.

don’t start flipping out just yet. he’ll be ready for the opener.

Even if Peanut isn’t 100% healthy this year he’ll give it his all. I’m not too concerned about this injury cause it’s early. Let’s hope he doesn’t miss much time. Bowman, McBride, and Moore will get valuable reps in his absence.

Moore is just a rookie, but Bowman may be ready to step in if needed and pick up the slack immediately.

And if Tillman is ready to go for the opener, there’s still some depth behind him, anyway.

At least his lower body seems to be holding up. He’s already covered all the upper extremities.

How long ago did this injury happen? How much time did they waste by electing to have surgery now?

Last year the Bears kept 10 DB’s coming into the season: (Vasher, Tillman, McBride, Graham, Steltz, Brown, Payne, Manning, Bowman and McGowan)

Tillman could be put on the PUP list and be inactive for the 1st 6 games to free up a roster spot if he’s not going to be healthy. However, if he will be able to play sooner than that, the Bears will no doubt have to keep an extra player as a DB to guard against further injury or ineffective play while hurt. I think this might signal the Corey Graham to FS experiment over. The CB’s will have to be: Tillman, Vasher, Moore, Bowman, McBride, and Graham. The S’s will be: Steltz, Payne, Manning, Bullocks or Afalava or Earl. I just don’t think they can keep 11 defensive backs, but you never know.

Anyway its a mess, by having to keep 10 db’s on the roster, the Bear’s will lose the flexibility of keeping 7 linebackers or 10 d-lineman. They’ll have to go 6 LB’s (Urlacher, Briggs, Pisa, Williams, Roach, & Freeman) and 9 DL (Anthony Adams, Harris, Ogunleye, Brown, Harrison, Idonije, Anderson, Gilbert, and Melton) cya Toeana and Dvoracek or if Melton doesn’t cut it, they keep Dusty for DT insurance.

he is out for an extended period of time that forces him to miss games IT MAY cause management to move Graham back to corner ending his DMS. i am not worried. we have some depth i have faith in Bowman, Graham, Moore, McBride…i like our depth at DT as well..hell i just love the bears

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My question is, why in the hell did he wait until now 4 days before the start of training camp to have the surgery? Did his back just all of a sudden get hurt!? Why was the surgery not done a few weeks after the end of the season back in January? All of training camp gone, now Tillman will have a single preseason game to get in “game” shape if he’s lucky, and you know GB is going to be throwing like mad at his side of the field Opening night. This is beyond stupid this is f***king stupid!

This happen week one or now, this isnt good news, but could be a blessing in disguise. Tillmans played hurt before, so even if he isnt 100 percent, he can still be effective. In my opinion. Plus it gives opportunities for guys like Bowman and Moore to step up. But it will be interesting to see where they slot Graham. Considering it sounded like Steltz had the inside track going into camp and now this has happened. Stay Tuned only 2 more non training camp days!!!!!!