| Bears' nickel back D.J. Moore is ready for a rematch with Lions QB Matthew Stafford, only this time Moore intends on using his playmaking skills and trash talking, if necessary. (US Presswire) |
Chicago Bears nickel back D.J. Moore doubts there will be residue Monday night from last year's wrestling match against Lions QB Matthew Stafford that resulted in fines for both players.
"I don’t think it’s bad blood," he said. "I just think a guy was frustrated, he did something, I did something, and then that was pretty much it.
"I don’t really see it as something that keeps going. If it happens again, I wouldn’t react no different than what I did."
Moore blocked Stafford after an INT and Stafford grabbed him by the back, lower helmet and threw him to the ground, resulting in more shoving and players on both sides getting involved.
Moore called it all fine now.
"Love, yeah ... hugs and kisses, birthday wishes," he said.
It won't keep him from trash talking Stafford on the field, though.
"If I get a chance to go in there, I’ll give him everything I got," Moore said. "But I don’t get to be back there very often, so hopefully I can get an interception or something like that. But other than that, I’m just trying to do my job out on the field."
The out-of-towner: The out-of-town media apparently can't get enough of Jay Cutler's face making or simply likes drudging up old stories, but one such interloper asked RB Matt Forte whether Cutler is simply not a happy camper. "Another question about Jay and his not being happy? I mean, you guys just see him out here playing football. we see him behind the scenes," Forte said. "Perception to you guys I guess is reality -- and to everybody else who doesn't see him behind the scenes.
"Jay is who he is. I mean, during the game he's going to make faces. He's not going to be 100 percent happy during the entire game. I'm not the whole game going to be happy every time. So he just gets analyzed a little too much."
Wasting no time: T Chris Williams, cut Tuesday, had a look from Philadelphia already Wednesday. Coach Lovie Smith called Williams a "great guy" in the locker room. "Helped us win a lot of football games but we had gone in a different direction and when you go in a different direction, you want to let your players have an opportunity to play somewhere else. So, that’s part of the decision we made to move in a different direction with him. So, we wish him well. I know he will get picked up by somebody else fairly soon."
Injury update: CB Sherrick McManis (hip), LB Blake Costanzo (thumb), and WR Alshon Jeffery (hand) missed practice, but no injury report is required by the league until Thursday's practice.
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"Jay is who he is. I mean, during the game he's going to make faces. He's not going to be 100 percent happy during the entire game. I'm not the whole game going to be happy every time. So he just gets analyzed a little too much."
Wasting no time: T Chris Williams, cut Tuesday, had a look from Philadelphia already Wednesday. Coach Lovie Smith called Williams a "great guy" in the locker room. "Helped us win a lot of football games but we had gone in a different direction and when you go in a different direction, you want to let your players have an opportunity to play somewhere else. So, that’s part of the decision we made to move in a different direction with him. So, we wish him well. I know he will get picked up by somebody else fairly soon."
Injury update: CB Sherrick McManis (hip), LB Blake Costanzo (thumb), and WR Alshon Jeffery (hand) missed practice, but no injury report is required by the league until Thursday's practice.
Follow Bears reporter Gene Chamberlain on Twitter @CBSBears.