CHICAGO -- Pre-game notes and observations for the Washington Redskins' game Saturday versus the Chicago Bears:
Former players spot things those of us who did not play in the NFL can’t when it comes to a team’s mindset. So it struck me when Clinton Portis, Brian Mitchell and Chris Cooley hit on a similar theme, ranging from having too many nice guys to not enough players who love the game. That’s a hard thing to measure, but some of the names mentioned -- Redskins center Spencer Long, for example -- I find it hard to agree with.