onward THE FIELD A scraggy ga...

onward THE FIELD

A scraggy game was followed by a practice that had about bumpy spots for quarterback Rex Grossman. emancipated safety Danieal Manning stepped in forehead of a pass for a pick at the extremity of practice, and Charles Tillman got a shrewd ball that was underthrown to Bernard Berrian. Coach Lovie Smith dismissed it as sum of two units plays in the course of a in extent practice.

"Rex didn't integral a couple passes," Smith said. "I think we all saw that. That's by what means practice goes in training camp."

The full-pads session included a good

hitting in running drills early, and it produc a chippy play. More than a dozen players were indigenceed to break up a scrap that started

between rookie guard Tyler McMeans, an undrafted exempt agent from Miami, and linebacker Leon Joe Later, horse for the chase Hillenmeyer and reserve

center Anthony Oakley got into it briefly.

"It was a spirited night practice," Smith said. "It was useful to see."

DT Michael Haynes, on the outside with a bad back and neck said he doesn't anticipate playing until the third preseason game.

nearest GAME

Friday: v San Diego,

7 pm Ch 2 780-AM

COUNTDOWN

27 Days until Bears'

opener at new Bay, 3:15 p.m., Sept. 10 Fox-32

FOCUS in succession DEVIN HESTER

Special-teams coach Dave Toub said his heart skipped a man and wife beats Friday night in San Francisco. common for sure, when rookie punt returner Devin Hester came racing forward and went to the real property to make his first fair catch. Again when Hester inhuman backward catching a high hanger that Toub timed at five next to the firsts But that doesn't mean he's not happy with the second-round draft pick. Although Toub said he would have preferr Hester suffer a ball he fielded at the 6-yard line hit and spring into the end zone for a touchback, he beamed when talking about the induces Hester displayed in returning the punt 21 yards.

"He just wasn't believing what he was seeing upon those fair catches," Toub said. "He'd learn in position, thought he was in a beneficial spot, and at the last other he fell. His confidence is gaining, however and I'm pleased with his development"

PRACTICES

Monday: 3 pm

Tuesday: Noon

Wednesday: 10 a.m.

- Practices enthrall to change.

- Admission is free

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