Bears in the NFL (Preseason Week 3)

A quick look at how our Bears have been doing in the pros.

Jahvid Best
Best was his same ole’ self. This time, the Jet was showing Detroit fans a bit more what they might expect out of him for years to come.

Jahvid had just one carry—for 51 yards. He immediately followed it up with a 10 yard catch, in which he juked a defender out of his socks and put former gator Joe Haden to the ground with a massive stiff arm. Check it out here.



Syd’Quan Thompson
Thompson had a nice night for the Broncos. In addition to a pass breakup near the goal line, he also had several nice returns for the Broncos including a nice 63 yarder.

But the exclamation point on his night was picking off a Charlie Batch pass on what an obvious miscommunication with Batch and the receiver. Regardless, it was great to see Squid take it to the house. You can check out the highlight on NFL.com.


Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers has simply been phenomenal in the preseason, which only continues to build the hype that Rodgers might end up as season MVP if he keeps up the pace at which he’s been performing.

Rodgers outshined Peyton Manning last weekend, going 21-29 for 195 yards, for 3 TDs and no interceptions. Oh, and he posted a 124.9 QB rating.

In the 3 performances so far this month, Rodgers has completed 77.3% of his passes for 470 yards, 6 TDs, no interceptions, and a redongculous 138.1 QB rating. That’s absurdly good.

Justin Forsett
Forsett has had a quiet offseason, doing nothing to win the starting RB position outright, but not doing much else to distance himself from Julius Jones and Leon Washington. Forsett had 6 rushes for 20 yards against the Vikings, which was good enough for the best numbers of any Seahawk tailback.

Cameron Morrah
Morrah had a quiet night of just 5 yards on one catch.

Craig Stevens
Despite being used primarily as the blocking tight end, Stevens has put up some steady numbers in the passing game the past few weeks, adding 25 yards on 2 catches. Stevens takes over the other TE spot for Alge Crumpler, and will see significantly more playing time this season.

Lavelle Hawkins
The Hawk had just 1 catch for 6 yards. Hawkins has been fairly quiet in the receiving game in the preseason, but had an ESPN Top 10 play with a classic 22 yard run in which he hurdled a defender. I was a bit saddened that he didn’t whip out “the Hawk” afterwards.



Tony Gonzales
Gonzales, aka the greatest pass catching TE in NFL history had 3 receptions for 30 yards in his game against the Dolphins. Gonzales probably has just one or two seasons left in him, but continues to perform at a high level, and will be safe receiving option for Matt Ryan.

In other NFL personnel news…
...Worrell Williams added two tackles on special teams in his debut with the Broncos, and Andre Carter and Lorenzo Alexander each notched a tackle apiece with the Redskins.