Ochocinco has a dance ready

If Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco gets into the end zone Sunday against the Bears, he's already got his celebration dance planned.

"I'm thinking about doing the Samba this week," Ochocinco said, "courtesy of my friend Ronaldinho."

No more River Dance?

"That's been done already," he said. "I can't go back to that again."

Ochocinco, who has become a fan of soccer and of Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho, and of Twittering non-stop to his thousands of followers, denies that his self-promotion is a ploy to position him for life after football.

"I'm just having fun, that's it," he said. "And I'm Mexican now anyway."

Huh? What's your Spanish name he was asked.

"Esteban," he said. "It represents being the interesting one, that's all."

Bears fullback Jason McKie twittered Ochocinco and told him he should change his name to Ocho Nacho.

"I saw that," he said. "That doesn't make any sense. I don't like that."

Bears linebacker Lance Briggs happened by during Ochocinco's conference call with the local media, and the Bengals' Pro Bowl wide receiver issued a "warning."

"Hey, keep your head on a swivel," he told Briggs. "I'm head-hunting."

Briggs burst out laughing.

"I love it," he said. "It's great for the game. He's a personality. He's a competitor. He's a fun guy to be around."

Running amok: Coach Lovie Smith was asked again about his team's 27th-ranked ground game, which got just 38 yards on 18 carries from running backs last week.

"Whenever you come off a game where you didn't have as much production as you would like, you go back to work and you try to fix it," he said. "If you asked me that question a week before (when the Bears had 151 rushing yards against the Lions), I was in a little bit different position as far as answering that. But we're committed to the run. We won't get as many yards as we would like each game, but we'll keep running the football and get production from it."

Offensive coordinator Ron Turner preached patience.

"We're not going to overreact on it," Turner said. "Obviously it's not where we want it to be, but it's going to get there. We've got a lot of confidence in our offensive line and our running backs and what we're doing. We just have to keep doing it, and it'll get there."

Harris still hurting: Defensive tackle Tommie Harris (knee) and running back Adrian Peterson (knee) did not participate in Thursday's practice under rainy conditions.

Peterson will not play, but the Bears hope to have Harris, who hasn't practiced much in the past two years because of his chronic condition, back today.

"It's precautionary," coach Lovie Smith said, "but whenever a player misses a couple days, there's a little bit of concern. We'll see if he'll be ready to go (today)."

Smith said the wet, slippery conditions didn't factor into the decision to rest Harris for a second straight day.

"If he's healthy and ready to go, then we'll go with him," Smith said.

The good news is linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer (rib) and defensive lineman Israel (knee) both were full participants, and Hillenmeyer appears on track for a return to the starting lineup, but on the strong side.

He started the second and third games in the middle after Brian Urlacher was injured. Nick Roach, who stepped in after Hillenmeyer went down, is expected to stay at middle linebacker.

Safeties Kevin Payne (toe) and Josh Bullocks (ankle) and defensive back Corey Graham were all limited at practice but expected to play Sunday.