The Bears have to have their roster down to 75 to reach a league imposed limit by 3PM this Tuesday.  The have waived six.

Marcus Monk WR
Josh Gattis S
Ryan Grice-Mullen WR
Leslie Majors CB
Rod Wilson LB

The next cut back will be this Saturday when teams have to be down to 53.

Shortly after surprising most and showing up for mandatory mini camp last week, Bears MLB is back to no showing a voluntary mini camp this week.

Linebackers coach is using this as a time to give other players time at MLB to see what they can do.

With Urlacher missing, Lee got a long look at Rod Wilson in the middle in the base package. When the defense moved to nickel, Hunter Hillenmeyer filled Urlacher's role.

"Both of those guys are vets, know what they're doing and feel comfortable," Lee said of Wilson and Hillenmeyer. " Nick Roach is another young linebacker we're trying to get as comfortable as possible."

Again, this is a non issue until he misses something that is mandatory and then it is only really if he misses any training camp.  I would hope the Bears and Urlacher's reps can get something worked out before then.

Bears first round pick, Chris Williams, should not be affected by and I quote "short arms".

Tommie Harris, Brian Urlacher and Cedric Benson all no-showed OTAS.

Matt Forte ran with the second team, Rod Wilson started at MLB, Mike Brown started at free safety and Brandon McGowan started at strong safety.

After reviewing Robbie Gould's contract it turns out he is only the second highest paid kicker, falling a shade behind Josh Brown.