Chicago Bears Lack of Player Development and Personnel Decisions
September 5, 2010 by Aaron Kirn
Filed under Blog Network, Chicago Bears, Featured, NFC, NFC North
When the Chicago Bears had their successful run a few years back, homegrown developed talent was up and down the roster. Let’s look at the Super Bowl XLI roster for starters. Here are a list of starters drafted and developed by the organization. On offense, three players included Olin Kruetz, Bernard Berrian and Rex Grossman. Cedric Benson, as much as people hated him, also gave the team some solid work as well. On the defensive side of the ball, ten of the twelve starters included Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, Alex Brown, Tommie Harris, Tank Johnson, Peanut Tillman, Nathan Vasher, Mike Brown (until he was injured and Danieal Manning filled in…another guy that hasn’t developed as a safety but a nice kick returner) and Chris Harris. Mark Anderson should also get credit...
