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and that is a huge issue for Jones as anchoring was his weakness. So if he is technically "weaker", that will be a problem. Trapilo has the size, strength, etc, but is not super athletic, due to his size. Kiran has both athleticism and strength, but is not as polished of a blocker. With Thuney on that side, I almost feel like they will lean towards Trapilo because he can't train his size, and Thuney can assist on the inside to cover any lack of lateral speed. If Kiran is still learning technique, that is harder to assist with.

Not that he matters at this point, but has anyone heard or seen anything about Tyler Scott? I can see him as an easy cut candidate. Wasted draft pick, could've been Puka or Demario Douglas, or even Chase Brown (hopefully Roschon shows out so it wouldn't matter).

There have been a few. She asked Burden if he should've left school after his sophomore year (he would not have been NFL eligible). She recently asked Grady Jarrett about locker placement and who sits next to him. Of all the questions you could ask Grady Jarrett, she felt that one needed to be answered? I don't know what has gotten into her lately (no pun intended), but she really has been asking some oddball questions.

The battle for the last receiving spot is heating up. JP Richardson has been putting on a show. Tyler Scott has not. It seems Olamide is getting plenty of action as well. According to CHGO Richardson has not been doing special teams work yet but he was a good punt returner in college. If Richardson is moving up in the coaches eyes that's something to watch for because he'll need to show special teams value to make the roster. There are also battles at CB. Stevenson and Smith are splitting first team reps. Meanwhile Nahshon Wright stepped in consistently for Jaylon Johnson. I'll be watching for news on the safeties as well this week. I liked what I saw of Tysheem Johnson coming out of college. Can he contend for a spot against Jonathan Owens who IMO played poorly last year.

I know he's practicing but Braxton is clearly behind Trapilo and Amegadjie. On CHGO sports Hoge was saying this his injured leg is clearly atrophied and he has a way to go to get his strength back. He has the experience and there is a long way to go before Week 1 but he is in an uphill battle right now. Amegadjie has looked better in recent days versus where he was in minicamp. He walked off yesterday limping with what seemed to be an ankle injury. Most notable is that with Darnell Wright getting a day off they didn't not move either Amegadjie or Trapilo to the right side. I'm ready for the practice in pads this week.

Same. I think she's fantastic.

this is right. some little thing gets reported and then it becomes all anyone talks about and then the analysis where they predict the entire career of someone based on this little tidbit. And the funny thing is the tidbit is random, there are thousands of them but only a few get reported. Its all narrative and no analysis. As for Courtney Cronin, I have always liked her and she does seem to ask the tough questions. I havent noticed her falling into that category, but then again I dont watch her on Pat the Designer, and that is a highly narrative driven show, so maybe shes fitting in I dunno. Im not saying youre wrong about CC I just havent seen it (yet?) - I hope she returns to form if shes off, because she is (was?) one of the better ones.

The Bears Beat Reporters have almost become a cult. They are so self-focused. They tried to make a story out of nothing a lot, like the Caleb book excerpt thing even though every fan said "we don't care". The latest one was repeating that Johnson called the 1s off the field as a punishment when it was a timed thing and their time was up. Courtney Cronin, who used to be good, has consistently fallen into this category lately.

This kind of a comment comes from paranoid Bears fans who need to feel better about the direction of the team (not excluding myself from that). Maybe the local media should ask better questions instead of assuming this is the same old Bears offense? Normally you'd expect the national media to be doing the easy hot takes on practice with the local media understanding what's really going on. The local reporters should be embarrassed they got scooped by Breer.

Totally, repetition is how you learn the new techniques. BJ will demand he learns that and he will eventually succeed at it. Caleb is a smart player, not just a QB, he will adapt to new ideas as he goes along.

Here's a projected 53 man roster. I do not agree that Tyler Scott makes the WR room. J P Richards has been spectacular in camp. I say him. https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2025/07/27/bears-projecting-53-man-roster-90-caleb-williams-ryan-poles-ben-johnson-nfl-training-camp

that all makes sense, but i also think that BJ is committed to being a heavy play action team, and leaning on the running game - and that means Caleb has to learn to be productive under center?

Yeah, I saw that late last night cycling through my feed. Not surprised. Eberflus tried to do some of that last year in camp, but he wasn't/isn't smart enough to learn anything from it the way I'm certain Ben Johnson can. It sounds like they are trying to drill in the under center aspect of the offense, and he's not reacting to it particularly well, at this point. I'll be curious to see when the season starts if they abandon that idea and keep him primarily in the shotgun while mixing in some tempo to keep him comfortable. Hopefully he starts to take more to the things he's struggling with now, because that will make the entire offense more dynamic, but it also wouldn't surprise me if they started the year off super basic, running variations of the same few plays that the QB likes and expand from there. Peyton Manning made a HOF career out of that.

I think the components are here to get there quicker than he did in Detroit but it is a process. I predict after the bye week, we will be rolling.

...and unlike last year nobody is asking Ben how he can simplify things for Caleb. At least I haven't heard one reporter ask that question. The goal is clear: Become the best offense in the NFL. Ben has the proven plan for that and the players need to get on board.

Yeah, and the Bears first real game is September 8th, 44 days, or 6+ weeks of constant work. Everything up to this point was light work, or on paper. We should have 6 weeks of incremental improvement.

Spot on. With all the noise on bad offense, the only one Im listening to is what BJ says. He said this is normal ramp up to showing signs of life. He's right on track.

For the first time in a long time that I can remember, it seems that the coaches are making it harder on the players than they normally would be at this point in the offseason. Up downs on defense, applying max pressure on offense to start off practice. From previous camps, they were used to easy practices, which led to mixed results on game day. I like this new approach a lot.

You are spot on

I thought this was a pretty good read. I have a lot of faith right now in Ben Johnson. I do hope we see some big days from Caleb though - but this really seems like they are trying to make practice harder for him than the games - which is great - really push him.

We need to remember, BJ said "get comfortable with being uncomfortable". With athletics and military, there is a tear down and build up phase. It's how greatness is built. I live being uncomfortable for once...

If DJ Moore is saying the defense is mixing it up and making him think it's doing far more to Caleb. This is Dennis Allen's approach but it's also not being done without Ben Johnson's approval. My opinion: Johnson isn't taking the easy road to getting Caleb up to speed he wants him to experience it all now in practice so he's ready for game day. You can glean some things from how a coach is challenging a player early on. Of course he's trying to find limits and such but that also means he didn't find the limits way back in minicamp....which is a good sign.

All good. I'm very optimistic about Ben Johnson. I'm still a Caleb fan, but the honeymoon phase is over, at least on my end. No more excuses. He needs to look like a #1 pick, and I think he needs a fast start to the season to maintain any chance of a potential playoff spot.

No worries - hopefully you saw my later apology, because it is more than one interception, and i didnt know that yet! I hate hearing bad stuff too - hopefully Johnson will get them all right. I have optimism for it, and even expectations, but like you, Ive been burned too many times, and I want to see it on the field against real opponents.