I joined forces with Bill Zimmerman over at Windy City Gridiron to preview the Bears’ Training Camp — if you’re looking for a primer on some of the offense’s upcoming camp stories, look no further!
Coming up, I hope to have a few in-depth training camp previews out on the site… but for now, we’re still in the final days of the offseason. We posted the defensive episode earlier this week, so today’s edition is the corresponding offensive episode.
I joined forces with Bill Zimmerman over at Windy City Gridiron to preview the Bears’ Training Camp — if you’re looking for a primer on some of the defense’s upcoming camp stories, look no further!
Coming up, I hope to have a few in-depth training camp previews out on the site… but for now, we’re still in the final days of the offseason. Take in this defensive episode today and I’ll post the corresponding offensive episode soon after.
For some reason Twitter embeds still aren’t working today, so I’m literally framing yesterday’s highlight clips as if they’re a Jeff haiku.
…Jumping throw to the checkdown…
…OTAs are fun.
Due to JW’s (fabulous) series from last week, we left a Bear With Us episode off the site.
If you’re looking for content today, Nick & I predicted the 2024 Bears’ record by reviewing the schedule game by game. Check it out below!
Your Turn: What do you think the Bears’ record will be in 2024?
Are the clips we got on Twitter yesterday anything meaningful? Not really.
But are they fun? Absolutely. Nice to get looks into practice, no matter small those looks may be.
https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/1793323417220898822
https://twitter.com/ChicagoBears/status/1793333904750895508
The Bears held their annual Rookie Minicamp over the weekend, and if you’re like me the festivities of Mother’s Day Weekend meant that today is a catch-up day for minicamp news. Here’s what you missed:
Head Coach Matt Eberflus revealed that Amegadjie’s quad injury will keep him out of the entire offseason program. The news isn’t totally unexpected, but a bummer nevertheless — here’s wishing Kiran a swift recovery.
Matt Eberflus said that Kiran Amegadjie will not practice today, and Eberflus doesn't expect him to practice in the offseason program due to a quad injury.
Eberflus said the team knew about this injury. The hope is that he is ready for training camp.
— Nicholas Moreano (@NicholasMoreano) May 10, 2024
Following Kevin Warren and the Bears releasing renderings of a new Chicago lakefront stadium last week, Governer Pritzker’s office responded with a statement yesterday that called the Bears’ proposal a “non starter for the state”. Full quote in the tweet below:
Not shocking to see Gov. Pritzker’s office call the Bears’ current stadium proposal a “non starter for the state.”
Secretary Alex Gough to @nbcchicago.
"In order to subsidize a brand new stadium for a privately owned sports team, the Governor would need to see a demonstrable… https://t.co/53Mul9S4Z1
— Josh Schrock (@Schrock_And_Awe) May 1, 2024
How will the Bears’ stadium project proceed? What are they going to do with their purchased Arlington Heights lot? We’ll have to wait and see.
Your Turn: What do you think about the Bears’ Stadium debacle?
This quote from a 670 The Score interview with Will Hewlett struck me yesterday — seems as if the Bears used the assurance that came from the #1 overall pick to give Chicago’s signal-caller a head start compared to most rookies.
Will Hewlett has "pieces" of the Bears' plays, Shane Waldron's "terminology" and the "basic route concepts in terms of depth and timing" of the Bears as he has been training Caleb Williams for the past 6 weeks.
— 670 The Score (@670TheScore) April 30, 2024
Given that he’ll need to be a leader in offensive meetings as soon as possible, I love hearing that the Bears are doing everything they can to help him hit the ground running. That extra time with the offense’s basics should make initial installs that much more effective.
Also, early reports from Bears’ throwing sessions are that Caleb Williams is throwing with anticipation during early work with his receivers. DJ Moore expands below:
