Marcus Harrison News

Tommie Harris became the first Bear to go into the locker room for good on Sunday.

The Bears can rearrange the deck chairs all they want on their Titanic of an offensive line, but the fact remains this group lacks talent.

No reason to worry. Even so, the Chicago Bears did little to calm their anxious fans in a 30-6 win over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

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

Cleveland Browns kicker Phil Dawson is active Sunday against the Chicago Bears after missing five weeks with a strained left calf.

Lovie Smith finally announced to the world that Josh Beekman will be the starting left guard today and Hunter Hillenmeyer will return for his 10th career start at middle linebacker with Nick Roach flipping to strong side.

Bears coach Lovie Smith wants to see defensive tackle Tommie Harris practicing more often before he puts the Pro Bowler into a game.

The Bears won't have DT Tommie Harris for their pivotal game against the Bengals , a league source told NFL Network's Jason La Canfora .

Bears running back Matt Forte fumbles the goal line by after being stopped by the Atlanta Falcons' Lawrence Sidbury , Curtis Lofton and Erik Coleman during their Oct.

Smith said he held Harris out of the lineup for the 45-10 loss at Cincinnati because Harris did not practice during the week due to knee soreness.

No surprise among the Bears inactives for Sunday, with Tommie Harris and Adrian Peterson both out with injuries.

The plan is for Gaines Adams to make his debut for the Bears on Sunday at Cincinnati, but exactly how that will be executed remains to be seen.

LAKE FOREST, Ill. Tommie Harris' sore knee coupled with the addition of Gaines Adams likely will give the Bears defensive line a slightly different look Sunday in Cincinnati.

Although coach Lovie Smith called it precautionary, defensive tackle Tommie Harris being sidelined for a second day Thursday was not a good sign.

Tinoisamoa left the game Sunday night in Atlanta on a cart after he couldn't put weight on his right leg.

How did the Bears choke away a 21-14 game to the Atlanta Falcons? Let us count some of the ways: Jay Cutler threw two interceptions.

The hope entering training camp was that 2008 third-round draft pick Marcus Harrison would come in and win the starting job at nose tackle.

The Bears started defensive tackle Marcus Harrison instead of Anthony Adams to get the biggest piece of meat on their roster in Michael Turner's way.

If you would have known in August that after four games the Bears would have had all of one sack from the "three technique" position, you probably would have assumed their defensive line was succeeding like a four-man relay team with one of its runners wearing cement shoes.

Bears defensive end Adewale Ogunleye celebrates with Marcus Harrison after Ogunleye's sack during the third quarter of Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions at Soldier Field.