Brad Biggs is hammering out some updates from the Bears practice today... apparently, Tommie Harris is taking the field for the second straight Wednesday (a day he usually takes off), Craig Steltz is back from an arm injury sustained last week, and Devin Hester is sitting out with a possible ankle sprain.

Also, Cutler told reporters earlier today that Ron Turner isn't sure if he's going to scale back the offense this week.

"We're kind of in the middle of the season. We've got our base plays, we've got our concepts that we like,'' Cutler said. "It's just a matter of us running those. Each week we're going to have some different wrinkles and stuff. But the offense is what the offense is."

We'll see what Turner says the offense is going to be after practice. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: Although he did not participate in Wednesday's practice, Hester says he will be ready to go for Sunday.

UPDATE #2: Despite what we heard after the game last week, Ron Turner is now saying that we won't scale back the offense.  Thanks for the updates Brad!

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Not that we should expect anything different, but when Ron Turner was asked today about Josh Beekman possibly replacing Frank Omiyale at left guard, Turner responded "Ask Lovie."

When Lovie was asked about it, of course he wouldn't say.  Rumors are floating around that Beekman was going to get some work in with the first team this week. Not that it matters who our left guard is...

Also, Johnny "Roy" Knox walked away with the NFC's special team player of the month award.  Glad to see something positive going on with our team.  Could he be in the running for ROY?

Per the Trib, Tommie Harris is expected to miss the game Sunday against the Bengals.

Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris is expected to be sidelined for Sunday's gameagainst the Bengals with a knee injury after missing his third consecutive practice Friday.

His left knee has given him problems since the 2007 season, when he first injured it against the Cowboys.

Marcus Harrison has gotten first-team reps at defensive tackle with Harris sidelined and should step in next to nose tackle Anthony Adams.

UPDATE-  3:11pm ET: Harris will be officially listed as Doubtful for the game Sunday, meaning there is a 25% or less chance that he will play.  Said Lovie Smith:

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We all remember the confusion and mayhem during the Roddy White touchdown play, in which Chicago linebacker Nick Roach seemed to not know up from down.  Today, Jeff Dickerson lets us in on a little more detail from that play.

The confusion on the field -- especially on the Roddy White touchdown -- was because of a delay in receiving the call from the sidelines, not an error by the middle linebacker. If the situation arises again in the future, Roach may opt simply to make a call on his own. But he is still learning the position, and people shouldn't expect Roach to turn into Brian Urlacher overnight. Urlacher had carte blanche to change on the fly, but Roach has played only two-plus games in the middle.

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Pisa Tinoisamoa will have season-ending knee surgery, reported by the Trib.

Lovie Smith said linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa will go ahead with season-ending knee surgery.

Tinoisamoa played in just two games after signing a one-year contract with the Bears.

Hunter Hillenmeyer practiced today, but was limited.  Either he or Jamar Williams will play in place of Tinoisamoa.

Brad Biggs reports that the offensive line will not change.

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As the Bears took the practice field this afternoon, some of the beat writers are giving us updates via Twitter.

Brad Biggs lets us know that Hunter Hillenmeyer is suited up, but Adrian Peterson is not.  It's the first time HH has practiced since Seattle.

Also from Biggs, and I'll quote him on this: "Early indication is Frank Omiyale will start at left guard Sunday at Cincy."

Jeff Dickerson says that Kevin Payne is wearing a brace on his left wrist.

If any of you hear anything from Bears Land, keep us in the loop!

While the Bears have been mum so far on giving us any updates on injured SLB Pisa Tinoisamoa, we do get an update from the Honolulu Advertiser this morning:

Chicago Bears linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa has to decide whether to have season-ending surgery after suffering articulating cartilage damage in his right knee, according to a league source.

Tinoisamoa is considering getting a second opinion on his knee before making a final decision, the source said.

Pisa's contract is up at the end of this season.

Yes, you read that correctly.  Oh, and before we jump into the article, Vaughn McClure just Tweeted that Hunter Hillenmeyer is out for the game Sunday.

Now, many of you have constantly hammered the work of Bob Babich, claiming him to be nothing more than Lovie Smith's friend whom he won't fire.  Well, so far this year, we haven't heard much from ,or about, the (sort of) defensive coordinator, who has been assigned to coaching the linebackers.

Brad Biggs of the Sun Times brings us an interesting article this afternoon on Coach Babich, and how he is rebuilding his reputation.  An excerpt:

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