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The Bears have claimed 23-year old, 6′3″, 317 pound G/C Edwin Williams off waivers from the Redskins. He played in 3 games (2 starts) for the Redskins last season as a rookie. He also played in the first two pre-season games for the Redskins before getting cut. With the current look of the O-Line it never hurts to take a chance on a guy like Williams.
The Bears have signed 38-year old QB Todd Collins. Collins played in 3 games for the Redskins last season and he completed 12 of 23 passes (52.2%) for 144 yards with 0 TDs and 0 INTs (71.6 QB Rating). He also had 1 carry for 0 yards. Collins has now played in 49 games (20 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 381 of 674 passes (56.5%) for 4,479 yards with 22 TD passes and 19 INTs (76.0 QB Rating). He has also carried the ball 83 times for 152 yards (1.8 ypc) in his career. Collins has a 10-10 record as a starting QB in the NFL. Collins instantly becomes the Bears’ #2 QB behind Jay Cutler, bumping Caleb Hanie to #3.
The Bears have signed 26-year old QB Matt Gutierrez. Gutierrez played in 1 game (0 starts) for the Chiefs last season and he completed his only pass attempt for 3 yards. He has now played in 6 games (0 starts) in his NFL career and he has completed 2 of 2 passes for 18 yards (104.2 QB Rating). He also has carried the ball 5 times for -13 yards (-2.6 ypc) but most of those, if not all of them, were kneel downs to run out the clock. Gutierrez will likely get a chance to battle for the #2 or #3 QB for the Bears the rest of this pre-season.
UPDATE: (8/31/2010) - The Bears have released Matt Gutierrez. You could see this was going to happen as soon as the Bears inked Todd Collins.
The Bears have lost rookie safety Major Wright for the rest of the pre-season. He will have surgery today to repair a fractured left index finger. Wright had 7 tackles in the pre-season opener over the weekend. This will set back Wright a bit as the Bears had big plans for him. Hopefully, he’ll be ready for the start of the 2010 regular season as the Bears planned on giving him quite a bit of P.T.
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.
