[CBFF] NFL: Bears getting ready -- and getting healthy

[Jim Ferolie]

This reminds me. The other day I saw Bryan Johnson on the waiver wire and 
nothing about it here or on the Bears' site. Kind of looks like he was cut 
at the beginning of the year but they left him on injured reserve through 
the season because they couldn't come to terms on an injury settlement. Must 
have given him until the end of minicamp to heal up. Too bad. He was 
supposedly a pretty good blocker in the handful of games in which he 
actually played.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Madsen" <jerrywm at gmail.com>


The Bears are expected to take care of another area with an injury
concern by signing fullback Obafemi Ayanbadejo today. The older
brother of linebacker and Pro Bowl special-teams performer Brendon
Ayanbadejo, Obafemi was released by Arizona last week and participated
Monday on a tryout basis.>

>> He will take a physical today and is expected to get a
>> minimum-salary-benefit contract. He would replace J.D. Runnels, who
>> has been waived/injured after tearing the ACL in his left knee
>> Thursday.
>
> I hadn't heard that Runnels tore-up his knee.  That really sucks.  He
> was with the team just over a year and hardly saw the field.  Too bad.
>
> Jerry