Speak Up: Hunter Hillenmeyer Looks Ahead To Next Week

Hunter Hillenmeyer looked the part. The linebacker stood in the middle of the Bears' defense pointing and shouting and looking very much like a man in charge. He may not have played the leading man in the defense as spectacularly as Brian Urlacher often has during his decade with the Bears, but he played it capably, and that was enough on a rain-soaked afternoon saturated with urgency...

It appears the Bears will be just fine with Hunter Hillenmeyer filling in for Brian Urlacher. From the sound of things, they will not be seeking reinforcements.

For one game, at least, the Bears didn't miss their defensive leader all that much. That's because Brian Urlacher was cheering on the sidelines, and...

Prompt attention to wrist injury should help him recover fine for next season "The first thing the doctors told me was that this was the worst possible thing you could do to your wrist," Brian Urlacher told the Tribune Saturday. "They said it could be career-ending for guys...

Chris Mortensen reports that when the Bears arrived in back in Chicago at 3 in the morning, the Bears rushed Brian Urlacher into surgery because his...

LAKE FOREST, Ill. – It doesn't matter whether the Bears struggled early on defense Sunday because they were adjusting to life without injured star Brian Urlacher or because they were facing a potent Steelers offense.

Brian Urlacher. Donovan McNabb. Troy Polamalu. What do these three names have in common? They’re all injured. All on the IR. And all hurting fantasy teams. Including mine. I had Polamalu and Urlacher, and now Justin Tuck is hurt too. I have the worst luck ever. But on the bright side, Drew Brees and Adrian Peterson, [...]

In truth, Sunday’s game against the Steelers wasn’t so much the start of a transition, of a movement, of a philosophical shift in the makeup of these Chicago Bears as it was a confirmation of it, and finally taking the wrapping off of what is going to likely be the new core for years to come.  No, the signal to the start of the movement was back in April, when the Bears traded...

After making a huge splash in the off season by trading quarterback Jay Cutler, could it be the injury bug that helps the Chicago Bears compete in the NFC North this year? Yes, injuries have taken superstar middle linebacker Brian Urlacher off the field for the rest of the season, as well as Pisa Tinoisamoa until November, but injuries are taking a significant toll on the Bears'...