24-year old Devin Hester will likely be the Bears’ #1 WR in 2010.  He played in 13 games (12 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 57 passes for 757 yards (13.3 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  He has now played in 60 games (20 starts) in his NFL career and he has caught 128 passes for 1,721 yards (13.4 avg) with 8 TD grabs.  Hester has also carried the ball 19 times for 50 yards (2.6 ypc) in his NFL career.  He has only played 3 years at WR for the Bears and I think this season could be his best to date.

23-year old Johnny Knox was a nice surprise for the Bears last season as a rookie.  He played in 15 games (0 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 45 passes for 527 yards (11.7 avg) with 5 TD grabs.  Knox might really explode in his second season for the Bears with Mike Martz calling the plays.

26-year old Devin Aromashodu really stepped up late last season for the Bears.  He played in 10 games (2 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 24 passes for 298 yards (12.4 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  Aromashodu has now played in 16 games (3 starts) in his NFL career and he has caught 31 passes for 394 yards (12.7 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  Jay Cutler was on the same wave length with Aromashodu late last season and I expect that to carry over in 2010 for the Bears.

23-year old Earl Bennett really stepped up last season for the Bears.  He played in 16 games (15 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 54 passes for 717 yards (13.3 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  Bennett didn’t catch any passes in 10 games as a rookie in 2008 for the Bears.  The Bears hope Bennett’s play last season was just a glimpse of things to come.

31-year old Rashied Davis didn’t do much last season for the Bears.  He played in 16 games (0 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 5 passes for 35 yards (7.0 avg).  He has now played in 76 games (15 starts) in his five years with the Bears and he has caught 79 passes for 948 yards (12.0 avg) with 4 TD grabs.  Davis might have a tough time making the Bears out of training camp.

Juaquin Iglesius didn’t show much as a rookie last season.  He played in only 1 game (0 starts) in which he didn’t catch any passes.  He does have nice size at 6′1″, 205 pounds but he will have to show something this season if he wants to keep getting paid to play football.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR BEARS WRs in 2010:  C+

One of the first things new offensive co-ordinator Mike Martz had his hands in was signing 30-year old Brandon Manumaleuna who played for him with the Rams.  Manumaleuna played in 16 games (5 starts) for the Chargers last season and he caught 5 passes for 13 yards (2.6 avg).  He has now played in 142 games (90 starts) in his NFL career and he has caught 110 passes for 965 yards (8.8 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  Manumaleuna was brought in because of his blocking both in the passing and the running games.

25-year old Greg Olsen had a really solid season for the Bears in 2009 but Martz’ new offense doesn’t call for a lot of catches out of the TE.  Olsen played in 16 games (15 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 60 passes for 612 yards (10.2 avg) with 8 TD grabs.  He has now played in 46 games (26 starts) in his 3 years with the Bears and he has caught 153 passes for 1,577 yards (10.3 avg) with 15 TD grabs.  It will be interesting to see how Olsen is used by the Bears in 2010.

33-year old Desmond Clark is likely #3 in line for P.T. at TE in 2010 for the Bears.  Clark played in 11 games (7 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 19 passes for 145 yards (7.6 avg) with 2 TD grabs.  He has now played in 157 games (105 starts) in his NFL career and he has caught 322 passes for 3,579 yards (11.1 avg) with 27 TD grabs.  Clark will likely only get a few crumbs from the table with those two guys in front of him.

24-year old Kellen Davis is a player the Bears like.  He played in all 16 games (2 starts) for the Bears last season and he caught 9 passes for 75 yards (8.3 avg) with 3 TD grabs.  2009 was Davis’ second season as he didn’t register a catch as a rookie despite playing in all 16 games (mostly on special teams).

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE BEARS TEs in 2010:  B

The Bears have selected FB/RB Harvey Unga out of BYU in the 7th round of the supplemental draft.  Unga carried the ball 208 times last season for BYU and he carried the ball 208 times for 1,087 yards (5.2 ypc) with 11 TD runs.  He has also caught 16 passes for 121 yards (7.6 avg) with 1 TD grab last season.  Unga played four years for the Cougars in which he carried the ball 696 times for 3,455 yards (5.0 ypc) with 36 TD runs.  He also caught 102 passes for 1,085 yards (10.6 avg) with 9 TD grabs in his career at BYU.  Unga could be the starting FB for the Bears as early as Week #1 of the 2010 season.

UPDATE:  (8/12/2010) - The Bears have placed Harvey Unga on the Injured Reserve List with a hamstring injury ending his rookie season before it even began.

The Bears are going into the 2010 with two fullbacks who have never played in an NFL game.  22-year old, 6′1″, 249 pound, Eddie Williams heads into training camp as the starting fullback.  He didn’t play a down in his first year out of Idaho.  He has the reputation of being a good receiver which lends well to Mike Martz’ offensive style.  24-year old, 5′11″, 247 pound, Will Ta’ufo’ou is second on the depth chart right now.  He also didn’t play a down last season in his first year out of Cal.  New Bears’ offensive co-ordinator Mike Martz doesn’t use a fullback much in the offense so don’t look for the inexperience to hurt the Bears.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE BEARS FBs in 2010:  F