Josh Beekman News

With the Bears about to play the Vikings in the Metrodome, I was wondering if Robbie Gould has a better field-goal percentage when kicking indoors.

When a football team is 4-6 and looking forward to a January of watching the playoffs on television, playing for the future only makes sense.

Catching up on Monday's news around the NFC North: Chicago Bears : Safety Al Afalava was on the field for practice Monday, according to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN Chicago .

Olin Kreutz hasn't been immune to the criticism targeted at the Bears ' offensive line.

Josh Beekman remained with the first team at left guard Monday despite being pulled from Thursday's game against San Francisco in favor of Frank Omiyale .

Atlanta Falcon's quarterback Matt Ryan and Chicago Bears' Josh Beekman exchange greetings after their game at the Atlanta Dome on Oct 18.

LAKE FOREST – Bears guard Frank Omiyale envisioned a much smoother transition after he signed a four-year, $11.5 million contract with the team in February.

After seeing the number of times the Cleveland Browns hit Jay Cutler on Sunday at Soldier Field, I was wondering if the Bears were planning to make any changes on their offensive line like they did last week with Josh Beekman replacing Frank Omiyale at left guard.

Will it be quarterback , who twice was flattened by the Pro Bowl behemoth during the Bears ? 30-6 victory on Sunday? Or will it be left guard Josh Beekman , who allowed Rogers to turn Cutler into detritus on the Soldier Field grass? Think of it this way: When a child gets the flu, no one feels worse than the protective parent.

If it wasn't clear after last week's loss to the Bengals, it should be clear now: Lovie Smith has lost the benefit of the doubt - the trust, if you will - of most Bears fans and media in this town.

Jay Cutler was sore and a bit black and blue. He ran five times for 32 yards but absorbed four sacks and spent plenty of time also running for cover in the Chicago Bears' 30-6 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

LAKE FOREST – The Bears turned their good side toward the cameras Monday.

Jamie Dukes has yet to break down film from last Sunday's Bears-Browns game, but the former center and current NFL Network analyst dissected enough of the Bears ' first six games to offer an honest assessment of the Bears' offensive line, specifically Orlando Pace .

The Bears ' running game ranks 26th in the NFL . And quarterback Jay Cutler has been sacked, hurried and knocked down an inordinate number of times.

The Browns defensive coordinator revealed that his sideline exchange Sunday with Jay Cutler consisted of: “You were $#$#%$# better in Denver.

As the Browns and Bears get ready to knock helmets today and maybe get a little muddy in the trenches, this seems to be a good time to answer some questions about the Bears offensive line.

Pounded the previous week and losers of two straight, the Chicago Bears couldn't afford to go down again.

The Bears can't afford to fumble their chance to beat up on an NFL patsy. As we've discussed, it's the year of the blowout in the NFL.

Interesting game for the offensive line. With Josh Beekman replacing Frank Omiyale at left guard, the line showed some progress in run blocking but had quite a few lapses in pass blocking.

Josh Beekman remained quiet all last week about regaining the starting left guard spot he had lost to Frank Omiyale .