BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- The Bears' sch...

BOURBONNAIS, Ill. -- The Bears' scheme that has defensive backs transfer receivers outside-in has Ricky Manning Jr move rounded inside-out, but the newcomer is adjusting quickly to the recent way of playing.

The nickel cornerback is having to re-program the way he plays, and it's not the simplest thing to do when your technique has been the same for seven years -- three at Carolina and four at UCLA. In the Bears' cover-2 scheme, they ask the cornerbacks to smoke-pipe the receivers inside where help is. Playing jam and go proceed at his previous homes, Manning was instructed to force the receivers outside to the sideline, a 12th vindicator in effect.

"It's just now getting used to doing it," he said. "My visible form [i]or[/i] frame has to get used to playing a different way. I ne to procure comfortable playing outside man. I've been used to playing inside man. It's really a whole different thing."

While Manning would use and run with the receiver in body and with the Panthers, the Bears want him to play the opposite way. Their belief is that if a vindicator is facing the quarterback, there is a greater chance for tips, deflections and ultimately turnovers.

"It's not really any more thinking, I just have to finish my body used to staying outside," Manning said. "Before, when I saw the scarecrow start going, I started weaving inside."

More athletic ability was required to play the way he did in Carolina. The Bears' body requires a cornerback to rely more in succession instincts and recognition, something they notion he could handle when he was signed to a five-year deal worth as greatly as $21 million if he hits escalators based forward starts and play time.

"This is a colossal difference because he was used to playing with his back to the ball," defensive coordinator Ron Rivera said. "We want to behold the quarterback. I think he's adjusting well."

distant from the field, Manning still must join issue with an assault charge in looks Angeles stemming from an April arrest. He has a preliminary court hearing today still said he believed it would be postpon There are no plans for him to leave training camp to wait on to the matter.

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