2013 Most Important Bears: No. 10 Charles Tillman
The Bears' top cornerback just barely cracks the top 10.
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The Bears' top cornerback just barely cracks the top 10.
This is the second in a two-part series, taking a look at the Bears defensive roster by position group.
Hard to believe, but Bears training camp starts next month. We're just 50 days away from the inaugural Camp Trestman, and 95 days away from the season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Bears Pro Bowl defenders Julius Peppers and Charles Tillman were named the veteran recipients of the 2012 Brian Piccolo Award.
Bears cornerback Charles Tillman is one of five finalists for the NFL Players Association's Byron "Whizzer" White Award.
Defense wins championships. But these days it's a certain kind of defense. Check out our NFC all-pro defense to see who excels.
The Bears are in the process of trying to find a head coach because of their inability to build a consistent offense in the Lovie Smith tenure.
While many questions still linger around Halas Hall in the wake of Lovie Smith's firing earlier this week, one thing is certain: Smith's players loved playing for him.
After earning his second Pro Bowl honor this week, the Bears have named cornerback Charles Tillman the team's nominee for the 2012 Walter Payton NFL "Man of the Year" award.
If the Bears lose to the Lions Sunday in Detroit, it could be the end of an era. It could be the last time they play for head coach Lovie Smith.
Charles Tillman, Tim Jennings, Henry Melton, Julius Peppers and Brandon Marshall made the NFC squad.
Chicago's defense scored two touchdowns and the Bears beat the Arizona Cardinals 28-13.
The perception is that the Bears' defense is growing old and incompetent before our very eyes.
While Lovie Smith's team wasn't eliminated by the Seahawks Sunday, it was beaten and exposed. This one looked bad.
Tillman suffered the injury in the second quarter of Sunday's 28-10 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
Brandon Marshall continued his big season Sunday by catching 12 passes for 92 yards, putting him over the 1000 yard mark on the season.
The Bears could not have afforded a loss to a divisional opponent, especially not at home, and with Jay Cutler returning to action.
Here's what Laurence Holmes saw, heard and was told since the Bears lost to the San Francisco 49ers Monday night.
One day after NBC's Mike Florio told The McNeil and Spiegel Show that NFL player should not leave their team to be with their wives during child birth, the editor of Pro Football Talk has changed his mind on the issue.
There are no guarantees that those who have been the best players in the league through the first half of the season will be there at the end of the season.
The Bears may, in fact, have the services of cornerback Charles Tillman as the team takes on the Texans in a crucial prime-time match up Sunday night.
Tillman's fourth child is due to be born Monday, posing a possible conflict with Sunday night's huge game against the 7-1 Houston Texans.
Not many teams could withstand injuries to their three best offensive players and achieve what the Houston Texans did in 2011. Bears fans can relate to this better than anyone, watching last season bottom out after losing Jay Cutler and Matt Forte.
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio joined The McNeil and Spiegel Show today and said he wouldn't agree with Tillman's decision to sit out.
Tillman's heroics have inspired the creation of the "Peanut Punch" t-shirt from The Heckler.
