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Bears make Marinelli defensive coordinator

CHICAGO (AP) Unable to find outside help, the Chicago Bears have promoted Rod Marinelli to defensive coordinator while rounding out their coaching staff.

Coach Lovie Smith announced the move Friday and called Marinelli "among the best defensive coaches in the NFL."

"From the first day I became head coach of the Chicago Bears I envisioned Rod as our defensive coordinator," he said. "I considered him for the role last year, but wanted him to have the opportunity to work exclusively with our defensive line and become acclimated to our team." (MORE)

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Sun, Jan 3

Final	1	2	3	4	Tot
Chicago	3	10	7	17	37
Detroit	3	7	3	10	23

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Leader	Chicago	Detroit
Passing	J. Cutler 276	D. Culpepper 262
Rushing	M. Forte 101	M. Morris 65
Receiving	G. Olsen 94	C. Johnson 86

NFC North Division
Team	W	L	T	Pct
xy-Minnesota	12	4	0	.750
x-Green Bay	11	5	0	.688
Chicago	7	9	0	.438
Detroit	2	14	0	.125
Full Standings

Leaders
Passing Yards:	J. Cutler	3666
Passing TDs:	J. Cutler	27
Rushing Yards:	M. Forte	929
Rushing TDs:	M. Forte	4
Receiving Yards:	D. Hester	757
Receiving TDs:	G. Olsen	8
Interceptions:	Z. Bowman	6

Offense (Rank)
Yards:	4965 (23)
Passing Yards:	3473 (17)
Rushing Yards:	1492 (29)
Points per game:	20.4 (19)
Yards per game:	310.3 (23)
Touchdowns:	33 (20)
Field Goals:	24 (15)

Defense (Rank)
Yards:	5404 (17)
Passing Yards:	3382 (13)
Rushing Yards:	2022 (23)
Points per game:	23.4 (21)
Yards per game:	337.8 (17)
Touchdowns:	43 (25)
Field Goals:	25 (20)

Schedule 2009
Week	Date	Opp	Info
1	9/13	@ GB	L 21-15
2	9/20	vs. Pit	W 17-14
3	9/27	@ Sea	W 25-19
4	10/4	vs. Det	W 48-24
5	Bye Week
6	10/18	@ Atl	L 21-14
7	10/25	@ Cin	L 45-10
8	11/1	vs. Cle	W 30-6
9	11/8	vs. Ari	L 41-21
10	11/12	@ SF	L 10-6
11	11/22	vs. Phi	L 24-20
12	11/29	@ Min	L 36-10
13	12/6	vs. StL	W 17-9
14	12/13	vs. GB	L 21-14
15	12/20	@ Bal	L 31-7
16	12/28	vs. Min	W 36-30 (OT)
17	1/3	@ Det	W 37-23

Injuries
Date	Player	Status
1/3/2010	A. Afalava	knee (Doubtful)
1/3/2010	J. Knox	ankle (Doubtful)
1/3/2010	D. Manning	calf (Doubtful)
1/3/2010	L. Briggs	back (Probable)
1/3/2010	T. Harris	knee (Probable)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
1/17/2010	G. Adams	deceased
1/4/2010	J. Asiata	signed
1/4/2010	K. Brock	signed
1/4/2010	K. Malast	signed
1/4/2010	W. Ta'ufo'ou	signed
12/30/2009	E. Peterman	practice squad addition
12/30/2009	B. Basanez	Activated from the Practice Squad
12/30/2009	W. Turenne	Activated from the Practice Squad
12/30/2009	C. Tillman	Placed on IR ribs, lung
12/30/2009	I. Idonije	Placed on IR foot