Former Hoosier Ogunleye pumped to join Bears

LAKE FOREST, Ill. -- With recorders and cameras rolling, Adewale Ogunleye gave the obligatory pronunciation of his name on his first day with the Chicago Bears.\n"Add-uh-Wallay Oh-GOON-lay-eh," the descendant of Nigerian royalty said carefully and precisely Monday.\nOgunleye, who has already made a name for himself before even playing a game for his new team, was traded Saturday to the Bears from Miami for wide receiver Marty Booker and a third-round draft pick when Chicago gave him a six-year, $33.4 million deal with $15 million in bonuses.\nThe Pro Bowl defensive end had been sitting out training camp and the preseason after he and the Dolphins hit a contract stalemate.\nOgunleye said the big contract wouldn't change him.\n"There's no pressure. I think honestly, to be frank with you, I've just got to do what I've been doing these last couple years, and that's just get to the quarterback," he said. "And if you look at it the way I do, there's no pressure at all because I enjoy sacking quarterbacks."\nAn undrafted free agent out of IU after a knee injury slowed him his senior year, he's developed into one of the top pass rushers in the league, leading the AFC with 15 sacks one year ago.\nAnd the Bears, who have been pumping out money to upgrade their team since the offseason, needed someone to chase the quarterback after registering just 18 sacks as a team last season.\n"We are always looking at the financial integrity of the club; but at the same time, we want to win, and that's what we are in this business to do," Bears president Ted Phillips said. \n"When an opportunity like this comes up, it's literally once-in-a-lifetime," Phillips said of the trade for Ogunleye.\nOgunleye would seem to be a perfect fit for the Bears' new defense under first-year coach Lovie Smith, one that will stress creating more turnovers and an aggressive style.\n"They're giving him the ability to bring in the type of players he's wanted, and this organization backed their decision to get me in here," Ogunleye said.\nDespite missing so much time, Ogunleye promised he'd be ready when the Bears open the season in three weeks against the Lions. He watched practice Monday in a sleeveless shirt and shorts.\nSome of Ogunleye's quick development -- he has played just two full seasons -- can be traced to lining up in Miami on the side opposite of another star, Jason Taylor. In Chicago he'll be lining up at left defensive end with Alex Brown and Michael Haynes, battling to start on the right side.\n"If you just looked at his speed, he doesn't run a 4.5 or anything (like) that," Smith said. "Just look at his background, where he's come from. An undrafted free agent to become a Pro Bowler this quick, he has something special about him. He knows how to get to the ball and the quarterback."\nOgunleye, 27, was paid a base salary of $375,000 last year, and during the offseason, he declined to sign the one-year, $1.824 million tender the Dolphins extended to him.\nNow that the Bears have shown him the money, he wants an easy transition. The player for whom he was traded, Booker, was one of the Bears' most popular and productive players.\n"I'm just going to walk in there. I'm one of the guys. I'm just one of the regular players," Ogunleye said.\n"Maybe I have a little more responsibility and I'm a little more older than a lot of the guys and I might be a little more vocal because I've seen the way great defense is played. ... But at the same time, I'm just here to play with Brian Urlacher and (Mike) Brown, the safety"