Bears enter 2010 with depth issues on D
Written by Rex Jaybels   
Monday, 26 July 2010 09:42

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Charles Tillman will move to right corner in 2010, allowing Zach Bowman to play the left side

As we near baseball's trading deadline, with one first place team in Chicago and another hanging by the slimmest of threads, I can't help but think of football.

This Bears season will likely be one of the most interesting I can remember. The Vikings will enter the season as the favorites to win their third consecutive NFC North title. The Packers continue to get better on offense, and though they have some big defensive concerns, they are likely the second best team in the division as I type this. The Bears...well, I'm really not sure what to expect from them.

I am fairly confident that they will finish no worse than third in the North, but are they good enough to compete with the others?

This is a team that ranked 17th in the league in defense in 2009, 21st in points allowed and 23rd against the run. Surely a healthy Brian Urlacher will help, but to what extent? Brian is now 32 and hasn't played in an NFL game since September 13th of 2009. The addition of Chris Harris is nice, but is he fast enough to play the free safety position? If he can't, is Major Wright going to be ready in his rookie season to fill that hole?

How about at corner? The Bears definitely have depth issues at corner. Zach Bowman, Charles Tillman and Corey Graham appear to be the leaders to round out the secondary, with Graham at nickel and Daniel Manning at the other safety spot. I like the names there, but if one were to go down are you comfortable Tim Jennings, D.J. Moore, Joshua Moore or Woodny Turenne?  Let's not forget that, "Brett Favre, Kurt Warner and Carson Palmer picked apart the Bears secondary for a combined 1,207 yards and 15 touchdowns with no interceptions," as Vaughn Mclure of the Chicago Tribune points out.

Like any team, there are a lot questions to answer, and for the Bears, thigns are not different. Defensive depth is a concern, and should this team suffer a couple of injuries in the secondary, there will be a lot of Bears fans hoping that the Mike Martz/Jay Cutler thing works like a dream and the points pile up, because they will need them.
 
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