Oct 2nd 2008 7:30PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Bears, Lions, NFC North, NFL Fans, NFL Injuries
The Bears are 2-2 and one of the early-season surprise stories. They beat the Eagles last week without one of their best players, defensive tackle Tommie Harris, who has been rehabbing a knee injury. And according to the team’s web site, the Bears will again be Harris-less when they face the newly Millen-less Lions this Sunday.

Not because Harris’ knee is less than 100 percent (which it is), but because head coach Lovie Smith has suspended him for, as NFL.com’s Adam Schefter writes, “being late for treatment and a meeting, according to a source close to the situation.”

Rest assured, though: Smith is very sad about the recent turn of events. “It’s always disappointing when you have to suspend one of your players, but nothing’s bigger than the team,” Smith said. … “It’s disappointing when you have to [suspend a player],” Smith said. “But as far as disrupting the team, it can’t. Injuries happen. Players don’t play from time to time. You have to move on. We played last week without Tommie, so we’ve been in that situation before.” To recap: it’s disappointing.Continue Reading