Earl Bennett is returning to the line-up this Sunday against the Tampa Bay Bucs over the pond. The Bears will travel to London to play the Bucs in the NFL’s annual overseas game. More importantly, it marks the return of WR Earl Bennett to the Bears offense. Prior to Devin Hester’s breakout game against the Vikings, undrafted WR Dane Sanzenbacher led the WR’s in nearly all receiving categories. This is especially worrysome considering our starting RB Matt Forte doubled the top 2 WR’s in catches.

Bennett returned to full participation in practice on Wednesday since his Week 2 injury against the Saints. Bennett was going for a pass over the middle and was popped by Saints safety Roman Harper. Prior to his injury Bennett had 3 catches for 20 yards in the first two games. Last season Bennett proved to be Cutler’s most reliable receiving weapon, especially on 3rd down with his ability to sit in the open zones. He burst into the offense with his 2 touchdown performance against the Philadelphia Eagles last season.

Lovie Smith had this to say about Bennett…