I really can’t believe Lovie is moving him around again. Hopefully, he takes better angles to the ballcarrier and can diagnose deep pass plays.

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85% odds this will change in two weeks.

Manning was a disaster at FS. Stick him at nickel and stop messing around.

make the guy learn and play two positions..that is REAL smart. put him at one and keep him there for crying out loud.

I don’t like this one bit. I agree with SackMan that this will probably change, but after seeing Peanut is going to miss some time the last thing I want is Manning poisoning the secondary more than he has already. Stick to kick returns, eh?

the recent chain of events in our secondary is what has me ’REALLY PISSED" about this move or what, but i hope manning scored a perfect 50 on his wunderlich, or has a 160 I.Q…. is it me, or was i ALOT MORE EXCITED about training camp just 2 whole days ago???

Should we be worried about the overall experience of the secondary w/ Bowman at corner:

As a reward for Bowman’s performance during offseason practices, the 2008 fifth-round draft pick will open training camp with the No. 1 defense at cornerback opposite Vasher. Bowman secured a win over the Vikings with a late interception in his only game as a rookie last year and then led the Bears with seven interceptions in OTA workouts.

and we all were like WHAT!!! But he actually was pretty good(except on the long balls).

No question he has the athleticism to play FS, I just hope his football IQ and instincts have improved

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With all due respect to Steltz, he’s got good instincts and is a decent ball-hawk, but he is definately suited to play SS – not FS. Manning has better range and has been in the system for 3 years, now, so he should know what he’s doing out there.

At least he has experience.

He’s an athlete. He’s got experience now. If the staff can coach him up during camp, maybe he comes out and plays with better instinct.

It’s been a while, but I seem to remember writers saying that Otis Wilson didn’t have the instincts to be a great linebacker when he was roughly at this point in his career. Then the light went on and he was a Pro Bowler.

Manning has better physical tools than anyone else in the FS picture. It’s worth an early look.

I was hoping the Bears would just use Danieal Manning in the Nickle package and running back kicks. It seems everytime we find a guy that can run them back 100 yards Lovie want to expand their role. Look what happened to Hester? It could be argued that just leaving Hester in the role of kick returner might have made the Bears a better team last year. I understand what they did and why they did it but I’m just saying.

“Manning will line up as the Bears’ starting free safety and then move to the nickel spot in passing situations.”

It seems to me that swapping FS’s in and out of the line-up would hurt the defense eventually. It isn’t like sending a guy into the DL rotation. I would think the secondary needs chemistry to be effective.

Hopefully, we’ll see more INTs with Bowman getting a shot. I love that our secondary creates alot of fumbles, but I’d also love to see more INTs!

I really thought everything was looking better in the secondary just two days ago. Now it seems like Tillman could actually miss games. What the Heck???

At least we’ll be able to play an 8-3 formation during 4 games (2 vs Minn & 2 vs DET)! Unless #4 re-unretires withour re-re-retiring… …nevermind…

jesus, people. everyone calm down. didn’t we all hear that the experiment with graham moving to FS was to get the most talent on the field? obviously the coaching staff didn’t feel like he was going to fit there. i sure as hell don’t back everything lovie does but he is there watching every day, you’re not. manning puts the most talent on the field, i don’t think anyone can question that. add hoke to the equation, he is supposed to be an excellent DB coach, let him do his job.

but what about all this moving around? come on, training camp and preseason probably consists of manning manning (haha) the FS position for what, at least 30 hours of action? add the hours of film and study time, especially with the new coach in there. i don’t care how stupid you are, that’s got to be enough time to get it. if it doesn’t work, fine but it’s worth a shot. worst case, they have to go back to steltz. everyone talks about how smart he is, he should be able to step right back in without missing a beat from where we were yesterday.

why the hell not?

so that leaves DManning as the most experienced FS candidate.