The Bears are holding their first practice in pads Monday morning, which will give coach Ben Johnson his first real look at the running game and the strength of his offensive and defensive lines. It’s their fifth practice of training camp.
The team was 25th in rushing last season as the offensive line struggled and running back D’Andre Swift had a career-low 3.8 yards per carry. While the Bears didn’t change much at running back, bringing back Swift and Roschon Johnson in addition to drafting Kyle Monangai in the seventh round, they completely overhauled the interior of the offensive line. They replaced guards Teven Jenkins (often injured) and Nate Davis (often absent) and center Coleman Shelton (journeyman) with guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson and center Drew Dalman.
Thuney, Jackson and Dalman are under contract for $160.3 million over the next three seasons.
The Bears also are getting rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III, the No. 39 overall pick, on the practice field for the first time. He missed the first week recovering from a hamstring injury and likely will be limited Monday.
The Bears also are getting wide receiver Luther Burden III on the field for the first time in training camp.
[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]
Analyzing the roster before the team’s first padded training-camp practice Monday.
[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]
The most expensive player on the roster is coming off the second-lowest sack total of his career. Plus, the Bears had some players come back and others step out.
[month] [day], [year], [hour]:[minute][ampm] [timezone]
Related Posts:
- Bears morning report: Ben Johnson gives injury updates, revisits booting 1st-team offense News Bears coach Ben Johnson laughed at the attention he got for pulling quarterback Caleb Williams and the first-string offensive off the field after some sloppy pre-snap mechanics in the first practice of training camp, saying that was "not the case," but acknowledged Thursday morning he was unhappy with how the…
- Can Bears’ D’Andre Swift be the running back new coach Ben Johnson needs? Uncategorized When the Bears picked up running back D’Andre Swift in the first half-hour of free agency last year, there was an immediate thought that he could be their most explosive playmaker. For all of wide receiver DJ Moore’s credentials and quarterback Caleb Williams’ potential, Swift was a great candidate to…
- Can Bears' D'Andre Swift be the running back new coach Ben Johnson needs? News When the Bears picked up running back D’Andre Swift in the first half-hour of free agency last year, there was an immediate thought that he could be their most explosive playmaker. For all of wide receiver DJ Moore’s credentials and quarterback Caleb Williams’ potential, Swift was a great candidate to…
- Bears morning report: The ups and downs on defense News The Bears re-signed safety Alex Cook Thursday morning, two days after cutting him. In between, the entirety of the Bears defense did 40 up-downs during their first practice Wednesday, something coordinator Dennis Allen described as the “toll” they had to pay. So when Cook practiced Thursday, he did 40 up-downs…
- Coach Ben Johnson wants Bears to be unpredictable offensively — just like Bill Belichick's teams News Ben Johnson crouched down next to Lions quarterback Jared Goff in the third quarter against the Bills last December. Their team trailed by 21 in a game they’d eventually lose 48-42 in one of the season’s most thrilling shootouts. “I’m not going to run the ball anymore,” Johnson told Goff,…
(Visited 1 times, 1 visits today)
