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Morrissey: Bears chipping away at Eagles

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avanttd.JPGBy Rick Morrissey

I'm not going to lie to you: I had to go to the roster to figure out who the guy was who just took a Jay Cutler handoff and ran it 72 yards.

Let's see. No. 32. Oh, Kahlil Bell. Never heard of him. OK, that's not true. He was brought up from the practice squad this week to replace running back Garrett Wolfe.

All I really need to know is that Bell did in one run what Matt Forte would have needed about 25 runs to do in the first half.


If you've been paying attention to the Bears of late, then you know that Bell's run led to a Robbie Gould field goal. The Bears had trouble moving the ball in the first half. And they had trouble stopping the Eagles defensively early on. But they started to get a rush on Donovan McNabb, which is something they haven't been able to do on any quarterback the previous five weeks. The Bears' Zackary Bowman picked off a McNabb pass, but they couldn't do anything with it.

A little later, the Bears caused a fumble. And that, of course, led to another Gould field goal to cut the Eagles lead to 10-9..

So to sum up: We've seen this show before, and it's not very interesting. Maybe the second half will be different, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Though I suppose Kahlil Bell could decide to take over.

Photo: The Eagles' Jason Avant scores a first-quarter touchdown past Bears safety Al Afalava on Sunday. (AP)


2 Comments

Fernando Shira on January 4, 2010 4:50 PM

Thanks very much for sharing this interesting post. I am just starting up my own blog and this has given me inspiration to what I can achieve.

From what I've read, he had an oft injured career at UCLA.
But from the highlights I've seen of him on youtube, he can break tackles.

At the least, he looks like he might be a good 1-2 punch with Forte.

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