The tackle tandem that was supposed to be at the heart of the Bears' defense for years to come sat out practice on Thursday.
Tommie Harris missed his second straight day for the Bears with a left knee issue, and Tank Johnson sat out for the Bengals. Johnson had full participation on Wednesday. He is dealing with plantar fasciitis. Here is the official injury report:
Bears
DT Tommie Harris, left knee, DNP-DNP-
RB Adrian Peterson, right knee, DNP-DNP
S Josh Bullocks, ankle, LIM-LIM-
LB Hunter Hillenmeyer, ribs, LIM-FULL-
CB Corey Graham, ankle, LIM-LIM-
DL Israel Idonije, knee, LIM-FULL-
S Kevin Payne, toe, XXX-LIM-
Bengals
DT Domato Peko, knee, DNP-DNP-
S Roy Williams, forearm, DNP-DNP-
OT Andre Smith, foot, LIM-LIM-
TE Dan Coats, shoulder, FULL-FULL-
DT Tank Johnson, foot, FULL-DNP-
RB Brian Leonard, groin, FULL-FULL-
DE Frostee Rucker, ankle, FULL-FULL-
DT Pat Sims, biceps, FULL-FULL-
DL Jonathan Fanene, ill, XXX-DNP-
Brad: Was your comment cynical or sarcastic as to the suppossed tackle tandem (heart of the defense)that is on a do not practice schedule? For Tommie Harris it has been pretty much for the last year and a half maybe longer.
Brad, I really want to believe but after what I saw last week in Atlanta, it is oh so hard to think that this team has what it takes to win it all. I am tired of anything but the ring, that is it the ring like Frodo and Bilbo said, got to get that ring!!!!
Hey Angelo said Harris was healthy, why is he on the injury report everyday? That makes no sense, Lovie said it Tommie said it yet everyday their he sits.
Hey look at that this years Chris Williams, Andre Smith got to participate in limited practice. One day he may move all the way up to his first full practice. Gosh if we only could have drafted jiggles, the best OT in in the class, LMAO.
Williams will probably miss, thats good for the run. I would hate to see him pull a Chris Harris on Omiyale.
Hey look at that Tank Johnson, you know what good for that guy for keeping his image clean for awhile.
What happen to Tank Johnson?
Hey Joe, ask Cry-ton what happened to Tank! He sleeps with him!!
What amazes me is what Idonije did. He got scoped and returned in time for the Atlanta game. Pretty impressive. Maybe Tommie can take some notes.....
Unless no one noticed our Dline went south with Tank, he held them together, we really miss that, and I felt we shoulda stuck with him, but water under the bridge, maybe we could trade Harris for Tank lololol uh...... could we?
Yeah, it really makes no sense to place Harris on the list all year does it?
come on bears