Harris talks more about 'proving it'

Two days before Sunday's game, defensive tackle Tommie Harris said he had nothing to prove to coach Lovie Smith after missing the Bengals game a week earlier and the week of practice preceding it.

But after the 30-6 victory over the Browns, Harris said he meant that he didn't have to prove anything to "anybody."

"I have to prove it to myself," said an irked Harris who started Sunday and was unofficially credited with 2 tackles. "That's who I play for. I proved all I had to do to get this job, my starting position. I have nothing to prove to anybody. They know what I can do and it's just for me to get back to that level. You've seen it before.

"So if I go out there and have 3 sacks (people say) it's not a great game, it's what he does. If I have 1 sack, that's not good enough for people. My standards are different than everybody else, and I know that. I just have to do it for myself."

Back to basics: Offensive coordinator Ron Turner was so frustrated after Sunday's inconsistent effort that he vowed to take a hard look at scaling back the game plan.

"We'll come in (today) and look at it and make the corrections we need to make," Turner said. "I'll look at it, see what we need to do to give us a chance to get better and, if we're doing too much, we'll cut back. Obviously we are (doing too much) because we're making too many mistakes. We just have to figure out what we do well, and that's what we'll do.

"We're happy with the win, we'll take a win, but we know we have to play better."

Injury update: Defensive end Adewale Ogunleye got poked in the eye by Browns offensive tackle John St. Clair, a Bears teammate last season.

"My old friend he poked me in the eye trying to get me out of the game," Ogunleye said, joking.

He said St. Clair apologized.

"He said he said a prayer for me," Ogunleye said. "How can you be mad at that?"

Craig Steltz suffered a biceps injury in the second half and didn't return, but it's not considered serious.

Changing it up: Linebackers Hunter Hillenmeyer and Nick Roach switched spots, with Hillenmeyer moving to the middle and Roach moving to the strong side.

"The adjustment went well," coach Lovie Smith said. "When both guys were healthy, (Week Two) Nick was our Sam (strong-side linebacker) and Hunter was our Mike (middle linebacker). Now that we have the group back together." Also, Marcus Harrison, who played well last week filling in for Tommie Harris at the three-technique defensive tackle spot, started in place of Anthony Adams at nose tackle.