Jermon Bushrod appreciates time with Saints, but looks forward to new experiences (abridged) Bushrod, who will face his former team and teammates when the Bears (3-1) host the Saints on Sunday at Soldier Field, says the intangibles were always there that the unit could be dominant. "I knew that the type of players they had there, the type of motors they had and the type of fight that they had, and if they were just given an opportunity they were going to do alright," he said. "Obviously that's what they are fighting to do." Bushrod was brought in to help the Bears in their struggle to protect quarterback Jay Cutler. Chicago signed Bushrod to a five-year, $35.9 million contract that included an $11 million signing bonus and $17.7 million in guaranteed money. Bushrod and former Saints offensive line coach Aaron Kromer, who is now the Bears' offensive coordinator, have been major reasons for Cutler's strong start. But Bushrod said changing the Bears' fortunes up front is not an overnight process. Chicago suffered a bit of a setback last week when Cutler committed four turnovers and was sacked three times during the 40-32 loss to Detroit. "We're fighting to get it done, we're fighting to get better week in and week out," said Bushrod, a fourth-round draft pick of the Saints in 2007 who started 62 straight games in New Orleans from 2009 to 2012. "We are just trying to put the work in so that we can have some success and just keep hammering away at trying to get better every single day. "It's not going to be pretty all of the time, we'll have our ups and downs but we have a good group of guys here." http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2013/10/chicago_bears_tackle_jermon_bu.html
Re: Jermon Bushrod appreciates time with Saints, but looks forward to new experiences Bushrod and Slauson on the left side have been very consistent. As a whole, the o-line is blocking much better than in the past and should only get better. Let's hope jay cutler can take advantage of it.
