The Bears have a great pair of TEs and they will likely catch a lot of football between them this season due to the shaky receiving corps the team has put together.  31-year old Desmond Clark is the grizzled veteran of the tight ends.  He has good hands and he can adust to poorly thrown footballs…..a must with the Bears.  Clark played in all 16 games for the Bears last season and he caught 44 passes for 545 yards (12.4 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  I have a hunch that Greg Olsen will get more catches than Clark this year but he’s still a very effective player.  Clark has now played in 130 games in his NFL career and he has caught 262 passes for 3,067 yards (11.7 avg) with 24 TD grabs.

2nd year man Greg Olsen flashed his potential last season and the Bears are confident that he will take a step forward in 2008. Olsen played in 14 games for the Bears as a rookie last season and he caught 39 passes for 391 yards (10.0 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  Look for Olsen’s numbers to spike upward as the Bears begin to phase Desmond Clark out of the offense.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE 2008 SEASON:  B