The Bears took care of three more of their rookie class yesterday.

Marcus Harrison,  Earl Bennett and Zackary Bowman all recieved 4 year deals with the Bears.

Marcus Harrison

Harrison is a first-round talent who dropped in the draft because of durability and character concerns. The 6-3, 310-pounder tore his left ACL last spring, but rebounded to register 76 tackles, 6½ tackles-for-loss and 1½ sacks while starting 10 games at Arkansas. He also batted down 10 passes and forced one fumble.

Earl Bennett

Highly competitive and productive, Bennett finished as the SEC’s all-time leading receiver with 236 catches despite playing only three seasons at Vanderbilt. The 6-foot, 209-pounder is the only player in conference history with at least 75 receptions in multiple seasons.

Zackary Bowman

Bowman showed promise in 2005 at Nebraska, recording 27 tackles, 14 pass breakups and two interceptions while starting five of 11 games played. But the 6-1, 197-pounder tore his left ACL in spring practice and missed the entire 2006 season.

The two remaining players yet sign are first rounder Chris Williams and second round Matt Forte.

A source close the Bears organization said that the Bears and third round selection Marcus Harrison should finalize a deal within the next 24 hours.

Third-round pick Marcus Harrison is on the verge of signing a four-year deal with the Bears, an NFL source said Monday. The deal is expected to be finalized within the next 24 hours.

Harrison, a defensive tackle from Arkansas, could provide a spark as a backup on the interior of the defensive line this coming season. He had first-round potential, but an arrest and ACL injury caused the rookie to drop. Harrison is projected as a future starter.

The remaining unsigned Bears draft choices are 1st rounder Chris Williams, second rounder Matt Forte, third rounder Earl Bennett and fifth rounder Zackary Bowman.

I am curious as to how Cedric Benson's waiving effects Matt Forte's signing.  Surely before he pretty  much had to sign what was given to him, but now with Benson out he has a bit more leverage if he was interested in pushing.

e Bears continue to roll signing another of their draft class.  This time 4th round selection Craig Steltz.  Steltz is a safety out of LSU.  The deal is for 4 years and details will be posted once available.

The Bears now have 7 out of 12 draft picks signed.

The remaining 5 are Chris Williams (T, Vanderbilt), Matt Forte (RB, Tulane), Earl Bennett (WR, Vanderbilt), Marcus Harrison (DT, Arkansas) and Zackary Bowman (CB, Nebraska).

I believe we went through this last season as well, but the Bears have moved Danieal Manning from safety to cornerback .

Danieal Manning looks to have been moved yet again. Manning, the safety turned cornerback turned safety is back at cornerback today. He’s getting time with the first team as the inside nickel back. Corey Graham also got some time with the ones with the absence of Charles Tillman.

So as it stands our cornerback roster has Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher at the number 1 and 2 spots respectively.  The rest of the crop are Zackary Bowman,Trey Brown,Corey Graham, Leslie Majors, Ricky Manning Jr., Trumaine McBride and now Danieal Manning.

Our starting safeties based on mini camp positions are Mike Brown and Brandon McGowan.  After that we have Josh Gattis, Kevin Payne, Leonard Peters and Craig Steltz.

With Mike Brown an injury concern and no other guy with significant experience moving Manning seems odd unless they believe he can't  play the position.  Obviously to make the move they think he has the needed speed and they might just view him as more of an asset at the corner.

'It is possible that Ricky  Manning Jr. could still be cut and the Bears believe if necessary Craig Steltz could step in.

Either way the idea here is to not thin out our safety squad more, if anything we want to add some guys.