R.W. McQuarters

"The first-place, division-leading Bears . . . " It's a phrase that hasn't been uttered often in Chicago over the last decade. But after the Bears' 24-0 dismantling of the Cincinnati Bengals and the Minnesota Vikings' win over Green Bay on Sunday, it...

The Bears' quarterback competition began in earnest in the second half of Saturday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs, with Jim Miller replacing starter Shane Matthews while the rest of the No. 1 offense remained on the field. Where the competition...

As the Bears' quarterback situation settled into form for opening day, the exhibition season finished in disturbing fashion--beyond losing a late lead in a 24-20 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday night. The Bears gave up a touchdown on offense...

Bears fans waiting to see the sleeker model of the new and improved "A-Train" are still waiting. Bears running back Anthony Thomas, seeing his first action Saturday night since breaking his finger Dec. 1, responded much like a guy who hadn't carried...

A look at how each player on the 2003 roster came to be a Bear. Thirty-two of the 53 players on the active roster (60.4%) were either draftees of the Bears or undrafted free agents signed with the Bears. Only one player (R.W. McQuarters) was acquired via...

Good thing for the Bears that cornerback R.W. McQuarters' memory is shorter than his hair. The last time McQuarters tried stopping the opponent's elite wide receiver while trying to protect a fourth-quarter lead at Soldier Field, two weeks ago Sunday...

The Bears defense had no answer for the defending Super Bowl champions Sunday and few plausible explanations after yet another unlikely twist in their bizarre season. Blowing a 21-point third-quarter lead, the Bears saw two challenged plays go against...

They were numb afterward, and the windchill had nothing to do with it. This was a dead group of players, anesthetized, undeniably finished with four games left to go and having a hard time convincing even themselves anymore that threatening to win...

The Monday following their sixth straight loss, Bears players were hardly in a talking mood. The few that were at Halas Hall to explain why everything could go so wrong in the second half of a the 19-13 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles repeated familiar...

R.W. McQuarters said he was searching around on the ground as he headed for the locker room at the end of Sunday's loss to the Eagles. "I think the officials threw a flag on me on the way to the tunnel," the Bears veteran cornerback said sardonically. "I...

Greg Blache was not quite ready to lavish praise on his rookie cornerbacks, but then anyone expecting that Sunday doesn't know the Bears defensive coordinator very well. "We got out of it, I'll put it that way," said Blache of the Bears' 20-13 victory...

What's up with the change to Leon Johnson on passing downs? Can Thomas not pass block, or is there something else going on? --Brad Marsh, Santa Rosa, Calif. As I outline in my Tuesday story, a lot is going on, even though the Bears aren't calling Thomas'...