Kelvin Hayden

Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag

2013-05-07 07:44:00

Dan, what is going on at Halas Hall? Why after years of having a stable scouting staff are there so many changes? People jumping ship? -- @chibob57, from Twitter We have to look at each situation individually to understand what happened.� Chris...

Emery not finished tweaking Bears roster

2013-04-28 18:03:00

Phil Emery entered the draft with only five picks and exited with six players after a trade down, probably not enough to accomplish all of his goals. But the Bears are not done tweaking a roster that reached 90 players Sunday when the team announced the...

NFL draft preview: Cornerbacks

2013-04-21 20:09:00

This is a solid group of corners. There is some high-end talent, led by Dee Milliner, and outstanding depth, especially in the second- and third-round range. The cornerback class is especially appealing to zone scheme teams. Among the appealing candidates...

Pompei: Bears can't cut corners in secondary anymore

2013-02-26 18:14:00

INDIANAPOLIS — There has been much speculation about offensive linemen and the Bears. Mock drafters have prognosticated the Bears will draft offensive tackles, guards, middle linebackers and tight ends. There has been nary a word about...

Scoreboard -- March 28, 2013

2013-03-28 22:17:00

|TV SPORTS| Tennis--ATP World Tour-WTA Sony Open, 2 and 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Men’s College Basketball--NCAA Division I Tournament, Louisville vs. Oregon, 6 p.m. (CBS), Kansas vs. Michigan, 6:15 p.m. (TBS), Duke vs. Michigan State, 8:30 p.m. (CBS),...

Cornerback Moore won't return to Bears

2013-03-04 22:05:00

The Bears informed nickel back D.J. Moore that he is no longer in the team's plans, Moore told the Tribune Monday night. Such a move was expected with Moore set to become a free agent March 12. He lost his job to Kelvin Hayden last season. Moore had two...

Kaepernick, 49ers maul Bears

2012-11-19 22:45:00

SAN FRANCISCO — In 2009, the Cubs selected a strong, 6-foot-4-inch power pitcher named Colin Kaepernick in the 43rd round of the amateur baseball draft. So in some ways Kaepernick's right arm always seemed destined to disappoint Chicago one day....

Bears look more like their old selves

2012-12-23 19:30:00

GLENDALE, Ariz. — After losing their way at some point on their 16-game journey, the Bears might have found themselves Sunday in the desert. They dismissed the Cardinals with a victory that looked the way a 2012 Lovie Smith victory is supposed...

First play worst play for Bears

2012-12-10 19:17:00

It's rare that a game's first play from scrimmage is the most critical, but it sure seemed that way in Minneapolis on Sunday. Many Bears had a chance to stop or at least slow Adrian Peterson on his 51-yard run. Defensive end Corey Wootton had...

Rodgers torches Bears' secondary

2012-12-17 18:18:00

It didn't take Aaron Rodgers long to notice Tim Jennings wasn't playing. The Packers quarterback went at Jennings' replacement at left cornerback, Kelvin Hayden, and Hayden's replacement at nickel back, D.J. Moore, repeatedly. Neither made a play in...

Bears face big decisions on several key players

2013-01-05 20:58:00

Most of the players on the Bears roster were acquired by Jerry Angelo to be coached by Lovie Smith. Now that neither is part of the organization anymore, many of those players might not be feeling quite as secure. The fates of many familiar faces in the...

Emery's master plan should start to unfold soon

2012-12-18 18:10:00

Phil Emery has spent so much of his NFL career in the shadows you can't help but wonder just what to expect from him now that his time in the spotlight draws near. The Bears general manager, sold as a relentless man, finally will begin to unveil his...

Cornerback Kelvin Hayden (24) recovers a fumble by Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch in the first quarter.

2012-12-02 00:00:00