Phil Emery

Reader Q&A: Dan Pompei's Bears mailbag

2013-05-24 16:27:00

How long until Brian Urlacher's a hall of famer? -- @t walinski, from Twitter Tough to say, except it shouldn’t take anywhere near as long as it took Richard Dent.� At this point, it’s difficult to determine who will be on the ballot in...

Angelo on Urlacher: 'He was about the team'

2013-05-22 14:03:00

Jerry Angelo didn't draft Brian Urlacher, but quickly learned to appreciate the cornerstone linebacker during his 11-year tenure as Chicago Bears general manager. “He meant so much to our football team, to the franchise," Angelo, who took after...

Urlacher special to Bears

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Typical of how a giddy little brother of a probable Hall of Fame middle linebacker would react, Casey Urlacher couldn't stop gushing over Brian Urlacher's endless accomplishments in 13 NFL seasons. Yet there was one yearly deed the younger Urlacher...

Carimi adviser: Bears lineman betting on himself

2013-05-20 17:11:00

LeCharles Bentley, the former Pro Bowl lineman, admits Gabe Carimi is taking a gamble as he works to get his career back on track with the Bears. But Bentley, speaking from Scottsdale, Ariz., where he runs O-Line Performance Academy, is adamant Carimi...

Bears promote Sadowski to senior national scout

2013-05-16 16:41:00

In the latest in a series of front office moves, the Chicago Bears have promoted Mark Sadowski to senior national scout. The St. Rita graduate has been with the organization since 2005 and has worked since then as a Southeast area scout. Prior to joining...

Missed time could be critical for Carimi

2013-05-14 18:01:00

Gabe Carimi worked primarily with the second team at right guard during minicamp last month but it's impossible to say where he will be when he returns. The 2011 first-round draft pick has missed the first two days of voluntary organized team activities...

Bears not ready to write off Carimi

2013-05-16 12:38:00

There's no question the Chicago Bears want Gabe Carimi to produce an impressive comeback season. The bottom line assures you of that much. The first-round draft pick from 2011, selected 29th overall, has a fully guaranteed base salary of $1,016,458 for...

Newsday Bob Glauber column

2013-05-12 00:44:03

Judging from the way he looked on the practice field -- chatting amiably with his players, offering pointers about technique and flashing that trademark smile -- you wouldn't have the slightest clue Rex Ryan might be coaching his last season for the Jets....

Bears rookies pacing themselves in minicamp

2013-05-11 13:27:00

Rookie minicamp should be viewed as an introduction to the NFL for the Bears' top draft picks. It's a sampling of the pro-style practices under coach Marc Trestman that players might define as up-tempo and fast. There are no pads, no contact and —...

Bears round out scouting staff

2013-05-11 09:42:00

The new scouting staff of the Chicago Bears officially is in place. The team has hired three new talent evaluators and shuffled several others in response to the departures of pro personnel director Chris Ballard, executive scout Ted Monago and area...

Bears picks measure up well — for most part

2013-05-04 13:27:00

They don't wear scientist smocks in the Bears' draft room, and the scouts understand that game tape isn't just something to wrap around joints on Sundays. But since Bears general manager Phil Emery started the discussion during the draft when he...

Bears' new line: Guards valued over tackles

2013-05-09 16:40:00

If you want to know why the Bears used their first-round draft pick on a guard for the first time in 52 years, cast your gaze in the vicinity of Bourbon Street. In New Orleans, where the Saints play a level of offense only dreamed about in Chicago,...

Bears first round draft pick Kyle Long talks with GM Phil Emery after today's mini-camp at the Walter Payton Center at Halas Hall.

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery (left) talks to Chris Ballard in 2012.

2013-05-03 00:00:00

Kyle Long (left) stands with Bears GM Phil Emery.

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