Season of misery

CHICAGO -- "Rod Marinelli is teaching me how to play miserable," Bears defensive tackle Tommie Harris said after the Bears dispatched Detroit on Oct. 4. Please resist the urge to joke that Harris' play has been borderline miserable since inking a 4-year, $40 million extension before the 2008 season. "Playing miserable" meant learning how to play though pain, a phenomenon Harris knows all too well. Everybody from general manager Jerry Angelo on down has conceded publicly that the former Pro Bowl defensive tackle's knees will never be 100 percent, but Harris at 85 percent could still be a dominating force. Now it seems Harris is nowhere close to 85 percent, given that he'll be inactive Sunday in Cincinnati. This has to be considered a major setback for a player who denied lacking faith in his knee back in training camp. "Do I have confidence? Yes, definitely," Harris said. "I have confidence in myself, in my knee. I've been playing on...