Windy City Gridiron
The Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins practiced together today at Halas Hall in advance of Sunday’s preseason opener. Neither team plans to play their starters much, if at all, in the game, so today’s controlled reps will be critical as both teams ready themselves for the regular season.
Emotions were bound to be high with a new opponent in, but Bears’ head coach Ben Johnson let his team know they needed to be on their best behavior. “There better not be any fights today, or they know the consequences,” he said at his prepractice press conference.
Consequences will be felt, as it wasn’t a clean practice, but more on that later.
Nickelback Kyler Gordon, who left the field yesterday, was present but not dressed; however, it sounds like it’s just a precaution. Right tackle Darnell Wright, who also left the field yesterday with an injury, was suited up and practicing.
The left tackle to begin the day was veteran Braxton Jones. With Kiran Amegadjie sidelined with a leg issue, this looks like a two-man race between Jones and rookie Ozzy Trapilo, although second-year UDFA Theo Benedet did get some work at left tackle with the ones on a red zone drill late in practice.
Before firing off some highlights from those in attendance, keep in mind that the 11 on 11 action was taking place on two fields, and as one beat reporter mentioned, his head was “spinning” trying to watch everything. So the accuracy of some of the tweets you see today may not be batting 1.000.
Now for some Tweets from Halas Hall.
If you see any other tweets that caught your eye, be sure to share them in the comments.
We are still talking about practice, but the general vibe from both the Chicago and Miami beat reporters was that the Bears had the edge most of the day.
