Chicago Bears
Tom Zbikowski - #36 - S
| Status | Active |
| Height/Weight | 5' 11"/ 200 lbs. |
| Birthday | 05/22/1985 |
| Birthplace | Park Ridge, IL |
| College | Notre Dame |
| Years played | 6 |
| Drafted | 2008, 3rd round, 23rd pick by Ravens |
Bears players of the week: Week Nine
PFW associate editor Dan Parr selects an offensive, defensive and special-teams player of the week for the Bears following their Week Nine win over the Eagles.
Bears upset Eagles 30-24
WR Earl Bennett starred in his first game back from injury, catching the go-ahead TD pass and helping Chicago to a 30-24 upset of Philadelphia on "Monday Night Football."
Bears-Eagles prediction
PFW associate editor Dan Parr makes his prediction for the outcome of Monday's game between the Bears and Eagles.
Bears-Eagles matchup of the day: Sunday
Chicago's young safeties will face their toughest test yet Monday night in Philadelphia.
Bears optimistic about O-line
Offensive line coach Mike Tice has helped his unit weather a rough start to the season, and things should improve whenever rookie ORT Gabe Carimi returns from injury.
Injury report for Bears-Eagles MNF game
Here is the injury report for the Week Nine Monday-night game, Chicago at Philadelphia, showing the status of each injured player.
Bears-Eagles matchup of the day: Saturday
We could see high-risk, high-reward football being played on both sides when the Bears try to throw on Monday night.
Bears fantasy report: Week Nine
Is Marion Barber the TD vulture to Matt Forté? Is Devin Hester worth a fantasy start? Here are some of the Bears' fantasy football options this week.
Bears-Eagles matchup of the day: Friday
It's going to take discipline from the entire Bears defense to keep Michael Vick from going off, but the defensive ends will play a particularly important role.
Five Bears questions with PFW publisher Hub Arkush
PFW publisher/editor and Bears expert Hub Arkush says it's almost time to pull the plug on the Henry Melton experiment at three-technique.
Bears-Eagles matchup of the day: Thursday
The Eagles' focus Monday night likely will be bottling up Matt Forté and forcing the Bears' receivers to make plays.
Bears-Eagles matchup of the day: Wednesday
Chicago's D-line has to maintain good gap discipline and Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs and Nick Roach can't afford to misread the play or miss tackles against LeSean McCoy.
Bears 60-second rant: 'Decent' won't cut it
Making the playoffs will quickly go from possible to extremely daunting if the Bears don't beat the Eagles or Lions in the next two weeks.
Week 10 Bears-Lions game moved to late afternoon
The NFL has moved the Week 10 Bears-Lions game to a 4:15 p.m. ET kickoff. The Patriots-Jets game will remain as the Sunday-night game on NBC.
Ex-Bears S Harris claimed by Lions
The Lions have signed SS Chris Harris off waivers, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter. The veteran defensive back was released by the Bears on Thursday.
PLAYER NEWS
The Chicago Bears have agreed to a one-year contract with Zbikowski.|||||||
The Notre Dame alum and professional boxer has appeared in 64 games with 25 starts over five seasons with Indianapolis in 2012 and with Baltimore from 2008 to 2011. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Zbikowski recorded 89 tackles, three interceptions, eight pass break-ups and two sacks during those seasons.
The Colts have released Zbikowski after one season with the team. When the Colts signed Pro Bowl safety LaRon Landry to a four-year, $24 million contract late Wednesday night, Zbikowski became expendable.|||||||
The Notre Dame alum and professional boxer followed coach Chuck Pagano and teammates Brandon McKinney and Cory Redding from Baltimore to Indy last season. He started 11 games, finishing with 47 tackles, one sack and one interception while returning six kickoffs for 123 yards.
Zbikowski returned to start Sunday's playoff game against his former team.|||||||
Zbikowski had not played since Nov. 25.
On Saturday, the team signed Zbikowski. The safety is the second former Baltimore player to join new coach Chuck Pagano in Indianapolis. Details of the contract were not immediately available.|||||||
The 5-foot-11, 200-pounder played the past four seasons in Baltimore. He has 49 career tackles, two interceptions, one sack and 58 special teams tackles since joining the NFL. He played in college at Notre Dame.
An adviser to Zbikowski says the Baltimore Ravens safety is disputing a positive drug test administered after a weekend boxing match in Oklahoma.|||||||
Zbikowski fought Saturday at the WinStar World Casino, knocking out Blake Warner of Oklahoma City in the first round and improving his record to 4-0. Sixteen fighters underwent drug tests and five of them came back positive. A tribal spokeswoman says the Chickasaw Nation Gaming Commission suspended those fighters for 45 days. Zbikowski's manager, Mike Joyce of Chicago, says he's been told Zbikowski tested positive for traces of a substance found in marijuana.
