Getting Zack back

Cornerback Zack Bowman had a better off-season and early training camp than almost any player on the roster. He was on the verge of winning a starting job, but then he missed about three weeks with a hamstring injury.

So what happens now that he's 100 percent?

"He's definitely in the mix," coach Lovie Smith said. "Just go back to everything that's been said about Zack and how he's performed since the off-season began. He's a good football player and we have great options right now. This is as deep as we've been in a while."

To me, that means that Bowman is a starter if he’s healthy, which he should be after practicing the past two weeks.

Trumaine McBride and Nate Vasher are still listed as the starters on the Bears’ “unofficial,” depth chart, but that will change, maybe as soon as today, when Bowman could be in the starting lineup.