Campfire Gathering: Harrison Finally Passes Physical and Other Stories

by Steven Schweickert on Aug 6, 2011 7:00 PM CDT in News

We're bringing you a little extra dose of camp stories this weekend, cause there's quite a bit to discuss...

DT Marcus Harrison has finally hit the practice field. After missing the first five days of camp due to reporting overweight... again... Harrison passed his physical and returned to practice during last night's Family Fest - er, last night's late night practice session at Olivet Nazarene.

LB Brian Urlacher still doesn't know why the Bears don't have FieldTurf. The big lug sounded off after last night's debacle...

"It's a joke," Urlacher said. "I don't understand (why) they can't have the field ready. It sucks for the fans because I'm sure it was a pain in the butt to get down there with all the traffic and everything. I think coach (Lovie Smith) did the right thing in not letting us practice on that stuff."

"I don't understand why we don't have FieldTurf yet," Urlacher said. "We're a fast team. We play fast on FieldTurf. ... The injury issues (with FieldTurf) aren't as bad as they used to be."

Soldier Field general manager Tim LeFevour blamed conditions last night on the field not being watered enough but claims the field will be ready for the first preseason game against the Bills.

Also, the Park District decided they should blame the Bears for not cancelling practice fast enough. Good luck with that.

Oh, right, football, remember that?

WR Johnny Knox is putting his extra bulk to use. The receiver, after criticism that he wasn't physical enough, added some extra muscle and has really gotten pushed by Peanut Tillman to be a better receiver. According to Jensen...

"That was my goal, to get bigger, so I could do better things on the field."

Alas, Knox sat out today with some back tightness, which is claimed to be not serious.

Apparently TE Kellen Davis has this receiving thing down... He even catches passes like Greg Olsen - catch and be unable to keep footing. Joking aside, Davis has been working with the ones as the receiving option from the tight end spot.

A lot of good defensive plays... Bowman breaking up passes, Anthony Adams batting down passes, and apparently Wootton has been having a very good week.

In other wide receiver news, Andy Fantuz is being shown up by an undrafted rookie. Sanzenbacher Sickness, catch it!

Any worries about Williams and Cutler meshing? Sounds like they're already great buddies. [Two links]

"He's going to get it done. I want the city of Chicago to believe in this guy and back him up..."

"... Of course he's gonna make mistakes. Who doesn't? He's my guy."

And according to Biggs, Corey Graham has been working out as the backup nickel back. What was that about wanting an opportunity to start?

Anything else going on with camp that you want to discuss? This is your training camp post; have at it!

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good post

Good to see Graham getting meaningful reps on D… and by the way, I have an exclusive Corey Graham interview scheduled to post Monday afternoon.

Harrison’s act is getting old… he’s a pro, get in shape

When ever Mike Ditka boards an aircraft the aircraft changes it's call sign to Bear Force One.

by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Aug 6, 2011 8:53 PM CDT reply actions

Hoping they just cut their losses

and Harrison is shown the door soon…..

by David in Maine on Aug 6, 2011 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions

Not a Pro :(

Marcus Harrison and his perennial appearance of looking like 30# a shit in a 10 # sack shows lack of motivation, dedication, desire or “D”: all of the above!
“Professionalism” is not an adjective that should be associated in any discussion regarding Marcus Harrison.
We have a plethora of skilled and determined interior linemen to chose from already.
I thought he had worn his welcome last year, but Hey! … we desperately need a few 3rd round draft picks we can point to as a sucess, … right?

pbanachi

by pbanachi on Aug 7, 2011 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions

That is amazing to see the stay puft marshmallow man in the 99 jersey

Oh that’s Harrison? Explains the recent 50 percent drop in krispy kreme donut sales in the Chicago area

by dicksingletary on Aug 7, 2011 1:36 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions

Harrison looks like

he was stretching until an ice cream truck drove by

Michael Scott: "What is the most influential thing i"ve ever said to you?"
Dwight Schrute: "Don't be an idiot."
"Whenever I am about to do something, I think, would an idiot do this, and if they would, I do not do that thing."

by Windy City Hot Sauce on Aug 6, 2011 9:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

Read that about Williams and Cutler in the Sun-Times earlier.

Urlacher talking about the turf, and also has Lovie talking about Melton. I saw some asking yesterday on the threads about Melton’s weight. According to Lovie, Melton is now 6’3" and 295 lbs, up from 260 last year.

in•san•i•ty \in-ˈsa-nə-tē\ noun
1 : The practice of repeating the same action while expecting different results.

by Timothy Hockemeyer on Aug 6, 2011 10:50 PM CDT reply actions

I heard they were going to fix the soldier field turf

Hair from Ditka’s mustache was going to be replicated and placed in the ground, with the homefield advantage being opposing players don’t hit the ground, the ground hits the opposing players.

by dicksingletary on Aug 7, 2011 1:48 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 2 recs

This needs to be a Ditka-ism.

by Doshi on Aug 7, 2011 7:53 AM CDT up reply actions

Chicago's other football team didn't make it past the conference championship game, either

The Rush ran out of miracle comebacks.

White Sox Baseball: We're (Still) All Ineffective
Chicago Rush: Central Division Champions

by HappyHuman on Aug 7, 2011 12:21 AM CDT reply actions

I think Harrison, Fantuz and Gholston will be cut

Wootton is getting a lot of notices form everybody- he is doing good. Sanzenbacher is getting a lot of notices too.

by Gaak on Aug 7, 2011 1:31 AM CDT reply actions

Thanks for yet another post...

from the ubiquitous SJS. I live in New England, so I get very little Bears coverage of any kind. As a side note, I can get to Bristol, CT in about 1 hour, so let me know if you need me to stop by the “worldwide leader” and “discuss” a few things with Dilfer et al. Nonetheless, I’d like to see more than what the Bears publish on their website, so I can get a sense for myself who’s playing well/poorly at practice. Too often, Lovie and co. uses the “they played great/badly in practice” to justify odd lineup changes and inexplicable player benchings. It’d be nice to have some objective tape on these guys. As a scientist, I tend to be real skeptical of conclusions when the data is not available for review. Not that I’m some great coach or something, but I just like to see the evidence and make a judgement for myself.

SO…if anyone has actual footage or links to said footage, it would be great to post them. I still appreciate the twitter feeds and synopses of practice from the MSM, but I can get that almost anywhere on the internets. I like what WCG has to offer because we don’t have the specter of “objectivity”, simply the duty to post the source. Thanks in advance.

by LostInSTL on Aug 7, 2011 9:38 AM CDT reply actions

Ubiquiwha?

I’m only found one place, friend… WCG. Unless I’ve had to step away for important life matters like work or edumacation. :)

To get to your main point, though… There’s no live feed or anything that I know of, or any kind of full-on video. The only thing that I could find is the Camp Highlights video on chicagobears.com, which isn’t what you wanted…

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by Steven Schweickert on Aug 7, 2011 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Also, apparently I can't read alternate definitions of words.

Yes, you caught me, a word that I didn’t know right off the top of my head… :)

Weekend contributor at Windy City Gridiron

by Steven Schweickert on Aug 7, 2011 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't see that word as often as I use to.

but then I don’t get out much.

. "Most football teams are temperamental. That's 90% temper and 10% mental."
--Doug Plank

by ed_brown on Aug 8, 2011 4:50 AM CDT up reply actions

I think actual links to footage of practice would probably violate son NFL rule.

I know when they show TV footage of practices on NFLN or ESPN they have to show “tight” shots that don’t give away the formations and such.

Above all; keep 'em guessing, never let them lose their sense of confusion.

by Just Dave on Aug 7, 2011 8:59 PM CDT up reply actions

I figured as such...

but I still think that’s kinda lame. These practices are open and any team that really wants to can send a guy with football knowledge to gather intel without much fuss. Outside of Patriot-style recording, it’s kinda hard to stop. Maybe the secret plays can wait for the Halas Hall practices indoors.

"There's a fine line between stupid, and clever!"

by LostInSTL on Aug 8, 2011 5:21 AM CDT up reply actions