Tillman May Miss Sunday for Birth of Daughter

" After having an other-worldly game against the Tennessee Titans, there's a chance Charles "Peanut Tillman" won't play on Sunday night against the 7-1 Houston Texans. It has nothing to do with Tillman's health. It's that his wife may go into labor to have their fourth child.

"To me, this game is important to me, but after what we went through with my middle child Tiana ... to me football is second, and will always be second, third in my life," Tillman said.

Bears head coach Lovie Smith preaches family first.

"You take on the character of your leader," wide receiver Brandon Marshall explained. "Coach Smith is a special guy, that's how he runs things. That's what he preaches, family comes first."

Punter Adam Podlesh and his wife Miranda gave birth to a daughter last month, though during the week, he would have played in the game and missed the birth of his first child if need be as the only punter on the team.

Tillman's circumstances are different "

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