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Former Football: Charles Tillman Makes A Believer of Fox Analyst/Super Bowl Winning CoachSubmitted on Nov. 7, 2012 by Don Blair, Football 1969-72, donuslblair@live.com Former Baltimore Ravens Head Coach and Fox NFL Sports Analyst Brian Billick, in his Power Rankings for Week 10, had this to say in the "Comments" section of his weekly report: "Charles Tillman is my vote for MVP. Not Defensive Player of the Year . . . MVP." http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/powerRankings Tillman, who plays cornerback for Chicago and was recently a Ragin’ Cajun Hall of Fame inductee, had four forced turnovers in the Bears’ route of the Tennessee Titans on Nov 4th. The playmaker for the defense has led his team to a power rating on most rankings lists in the top three or four in the NFL. There is general agreement that Chicago is in such a position this season because of the Bears’ defensive play, where "Peanut" is the undisputed turnover champ. His career "forced turnovers" of 36 is almost twice the number of the NFL’s second place player in that category with 19. See you in the playoffs, Peanut!! You make us proud!  Share This Story
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP)Chicago Bears star cornerback Charles Tillman might miss Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans because of the pending birth of his daughter.
Tillman told Chicago radio station WSCR-AM that he might not be available because his wife, Jackie, is due to give birth to a girl – the couple’s fourth child. Their daughter, Tiana, needed a heart transplant a few months after she was born in 2008.
”The wife is due any day, so hopefully this baby can stay in until after the game on Sunday,” Tillman said. ”I hope she stays in – I’m having another girl. Monday, for sure, but if she comes Sunday, I think I’m going to have to be at the hospital Sunday. So, I hope she stays in until after Sunday.” Asked on a conference call with Houston reporters about Tillman possibly missing the game, coach Lovie Smith said, ”Not concerned at all. Things happen in life. Whatever we’re faced with, we’ll deal with.” Tillman is making a case for defensive player of the year, and he forced four fumbles last Sunday at Tennessee. His teammates on the NFC North leaders expressed their support for him before practice on Wednesday. Tillman was not available for comment. ”You take on the character of your leader,” receiver Brandon Marshall said. ”Coach Smith since Day 1 in my own personal business, he’s always preached family first. Whether I had to go out of town in OTAs to visit a family member or do something with family, it’s no argument. It’s take care of your family. ”We understand how things are run around here. This is a special group. Coach Smith is a special guy, definitely in how he runs things, and like I said you take on the character of your leader. That’s what he preaches – family comes first.” Athletic Network Footnote:
Please click here for the Ragin’ Cajuns Letterman Club 2012 Photo Gallery and History for the Homecoming Photo Gallery where Peanut was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Please click here for a story on Charles Tillman when he was a member of the 2002 football team.
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