Matt Toeaina

New Bears team needs new leaders

2013-05-12 17:28:00

As the Bears have navigated their way through the offseason workout program, the voluntary minicamp and the rookie camp, they have started to become a team. A new team. When they convene at Halas Hall on Monday for the first of 10 scheduled OTA...

NFL draft preview: Defensive tackles

2013-04-17 16:24:00

There's something for everyone in this class of defensive tackles. If it's a quick, pass rushing three technique you desire, Sharrif Floyd is your man. If you prefer a gigantic plugger, Johnathan Hankins will be your guy. Or if you need a combination, how...

Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag

2013-02-28 16:21:00

If Manti Te'o drops to the Bears do you take him? Also, if Matt Barkley drops to the second round do you take a gamble on him to groom him for the future? -- Tim Miller, Endwell, N.Y. I would consider Te'o if I were the Bears, without a doubt, and take...

Packers 3-4 defense difficult for Bears to digest

2012-12-15 13:23:00

The Bears offense has been having a difficult enough time hitting a fastball. And along come the Packers with a nasty curve. Three-four defenses like the Packers use have been a problem for the Bears this year, in part because they are different....

Roster mismanagement could be Bears' downfall

2012-12-25 17:32:00

The franchise of Walter Payton, Gale Sayers and Red Grange could become the attack of Kahlil Bell, Armando Allen and maybe even Harvey Unga on Sunday at Detroit. Unga is on the practice squad and Bell has already been signed off the street and moved...

Bears position analysis: Defensive line

2013-02-05 00:00:00

For the first time since the 1985 season, the Bears landed two defensive linemen in the Pro Bowl as Julius Peppers and Henry Melton were selected as all-stars. Peppers led the defense with 111/2 sacks, his most since joining the club in 2010, and...

Scoreboard -- Dec. 14, 2012

2012-12-14 22:19:00

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

Scoreboard -- Nov. 24, 2012

2012-11-24 22:36:00

|TV SPORTS| |SUNDAY| �Soccer -- Premiere League, Liverpool at Swansea, 7:15 a.m. (ESPN2). �National Football League -- Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears, noon (FOX); Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs, noon (CBS); San Francisco 49ers at New...

Bears passing can put Packers on defensive

2012-09-12 18:51:00

If the Bears have any hope to pass the Packers, pass is the operative word. And there is no opportunity like right here, right now. Three hundred yards in the air should be easy for Jay Cutler and company with this group of gifted receivers. They...

Scoreboard: Nov. 18

2012-11-17 21:37:00

Bears' Jeffery poised for action

2012-11-16 20:18:00

It appears Jason Campbell will have the Bears' full complement of offensive weapons Monday night against the 49ers. Receiver Alshon Jeffery, who hasn't played since he fractured his right hand in Week 5 against the Jaguars, had full participation in...

Scoreboard -- Nov. 9, 2012

2012-11-09 23:03:00

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, 8:55 a.m. (ESPN2); MLS Playoffs, Eastern Conference Championship, First Leg, 2:30 p.m. (NBC) College Football--Arkansas at South Carolina, 11 a.m. (CBS); Iowa State at Texas, 11 a.m. (ABC); Northwestern...

Bears players (from left) Israel Idonije, Brian Urlacher and Matt Toeaina leave the field.

2012-11-15 00:00:00

Chicago Bears defensive tackle Matt Toeaina (75), before the start of the game against the Indianapolis Colts at Soldier Field, in Chicago, on Sunday, September 9, 2012. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune)

2012-09-11 00:00:00

Bears defensive tackle Matt Toeaina .

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