The Chicago Bears won 10 games last season, but after some disappointing losses during the year and frustration in the front office, the team fired Lovie Smith and brought in Marc Trestman to take things over, giving Jay Cutler a chance to develop into an elite quarterback.
The Bears have a number of questions heading into the season and one of them has to do with the player Cutler likes to throw to the most in Brandon Marshall, as he underwent his third hip surgery in the past four years, according to NFL.com. Marshall returned to practice on Tuesday and said that while there will be no issues with him playing in 2013, he will likely have problems after his career is over. He said it won't hurt him running routes with Cutler and that it was caught in time so it wouldn't interfere with the season.
Marshall put up huge numbers with the Bears last season with 118 catches for 1,508 yards and now that the team has a new offensive mind in Trestman as well as Martellus Bennett at tight end, he is expecting even more in the offense. Marshall said that he likes what Trestman has been doing and that he is "excited" to see what he can do when he is fully healthy. Marshall said that offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer and coach Trestman have done a good job of bringing in new ideas and that their leadership has been good for the Bears.
The Bears have voluntary OTA workouts before having a mandatory minicamp next week and Marshall is looking forward to getting back on the field after his career season. He was targeted more than any other receiver in the league and Cutler will do his best to work that out again. The Bears are also planning to workout JaMarcus Russell this week after reports came out that he also would work out for the Ravens, but that has turned out to be just speculation. The team already has Josh McCown and Matt Blanchard as backups and they will also bring in quarterbacks Trent Edwards and Jordan Palmer.
