The Chicago Bears held their ultimate observe of coaching camp Sunday morning at Halas Hall with a big group of navy members and first responders in attendance.
Quarterback Justin Fields had two massive connections with broad receiver Equanimeous St. Brown, discovering him within the nook of the tip zone for a landing in a red-zone drill after which hitting him for a 23-yard acquire alongside the sideline, permitting St. Brown to get out of bounds and cease the clock in a two-minute drill.
Here are three issues we discovered Sunday.
1. Defensive coordinator Alan Williams stated his thoughts isn’t made up on a pecking order at cornerback.
Rookie Kyler Gordon returned to observe final week after lacking a great chunk of the preseason, and the second-round decide performed Thursday because the nickel again towards the Seattle Seahawks. Gordon labored on the surface as effectively Sunday and clearly is within the combine to start out alongside Jaylon Johnson.
Injuries have created a number of shifting components this summer time. Thomas Graham Jr. has been sidelined for the reason that first day of camp with a hamstring damage. Veteran Tavon Young has been out practically as lengthy, though coach Matt Eberflus has but to say something about his absence. Both had been thought of potential choices for the nickel function.
In their absence, undrafted rookie Jaylon Jones — who was injured towards the Seahawks — has acquired prolonged seems to be at nickel. Similarly, depth points have supplied Lamar Jackson with a number of time with the starters on the surface, though Kindle Vildor is again within the combine now.
Having to juggle so many gamers has given the teaching workers prolonged seems to be at gamers they didn’t know as a lot about.
“I’m still not sure yet,” Williams stated when requested which cornerbacks have earned his belief. “In your thoughts, I believe I do know the place you’re going. You say, ‘Well, is that Jaylon Johnson? Has he earned it?’ None of our guys have performed a whole ballgame. Until you play a whole ballgame in a system, you’re on the lookout for, ‘Can a guy play 60 or 70 reps and be consistent?’
“Because on protection you may have a knockout ballgame for 3 quarters after which, as you noticed the opposite night time, it might probably go like that in a flash and the offense can rating two touchdowns, three touchdowns and it’s a wrap. Right now, we’re nonetheless trying, we’ll see who can get there and earn the belief.
“I know our guys are working. I don’t want to make it seem like they are not working. … I always say it’s a bank account. Can you fill up that bank account with the trust in how you play and be consistent? And then we’ll go from there.”
2. Running again David Montgomery is keen to see Teven Jenkins show naysayers flawed.
Jenkins continues to get starter reps at proper guard.
“I love Tev,” Montgomery stated. “He’s nasty. He’s bought managed chaos. You can see it when he’s enjoying, so it’s positively a extremely good factor to see, particularly from the blokes up entrance which might be going that can assist you run the ball.
“When he’s off the field, he’s super nice. His glasses are never foggy. He talks with proper pronouns. He’s just a super intelligent guy. But when he’s on the field, it’s like he’s still super intelligent, but he’s kind of like — yeah, he’s not like that. You can definitely tell it’s a screw loose when you can go from super nice to being not super nice.”
Veteran Michael Schofield labored in briefly with the starters Sunday, however Jenkins bought the majority of the reps with the primary group.
3. Dazz Newsome dropped a superbly delivered move by Trevor Siemian.
Newsome had loads of separation from the defensive again protecting him and was operating free downfield when he dropped the move from the Bears backup quarterback. The second-year receiver can’t miss alternatives like that whereas battling for a roster spot with the brand new regime.
Veteran Riley Reiff continued to work with the second unit at left deal with.
The Bears signed fullback Jake Bargas, who was launched by the Minnesota Vikings final week. To make room, they positioned broad receiver David Moore on injured reserve.
Missing observe had been broad receivers N’Keal Harry (ankle), Byron Pringle (quadriceps), Nsimba Webster and Tajae Sharpe; defensive backs Jaquan Brisker (proper hand), Graham, Young and Jones; operating again Trestan Ebner; heart Lucas Patrick (proper thumb); and linebacker Caleb Johnson (knee).
The Bears should cut back their roster from 85 to 80 gamers by 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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