LAKE FOREST, Ill. — The Chicago Bears can’t get defensive end Robert Quinn to come to practice at Halas Hall and can’t get their passing duo of quarterback Justin Fields and Darnell Mooney to leave. We know he’s going to come back in tip-top.” In Tuesday’s practice, even without Quinn the defense seemed to have the edge on Fields and …
When Jason Campbell showed up to the quarterback meeting room at Halas Hall in 2012, he had to prepare for an interrogation from Jay Cutler. “He’s a legend,” Matt Barkley said, “in his own unique way.” In his last season with the Bears in 2016, Jay Cutler’s initial backup was Brian Hoyer. “He would ask about Jason, we would laugh …
Thirty-nine years ago, Bears scout Jim Parmer asked defensive lineman Dan Hampton for a favor. McMichael, on the step below Shearer, looked up at him and said, “I’m taking your job.” Shearer and McMichael ended up playing next to one another and becoming allies. As Hampton patted McMichael on the back, the man he called Ming said, “I knew he’d …