Windy City Gridiron
It sounds like a rough day for the Chicago Bears' offense today at training camp, so you can take that however you want.
Some will panic, some will brush it off as it’s still install in shells and shorts, and some will get fired up because a struggling offense means Dennis Allen’s defense is balling!
No new injury updates today from the team.
Left tackle Braxton Jones had the day off as part of his being eased back into action, and it was rookie Ozzy Trapilo’s turn for some first-team action.
Nickelback Kyler Gordon was lined up at safety for at least a play, and oft-injured offensive lineman Ryan Bates continued to be a participant. If Bates can stay healthy, that’s a big boost for the o-line depth.
I shared a post from J.J. Watt yesterday about tracking camp stats and production is pointless because we don’t know what the team is doing on a play-by-play basis. This Tweet by Courtney Cronin hammers that point home.
During an early 11-on-11 period, DE Montez Sweat got pressure on Caleb Williams on back-to-back plays. That was by design, according to OC Declan Doyle, to see how Williams would handle those situations.
Doyle: “That’s very intentional. That’s trying to get our defensive pressures in against some of the stuff that we’re going to do offensively. We have contingency plans for what they are going to bring at us, so the quarterback operating getting the offense on the same page as far as checking plays, checking protections, things like that, but that’s all a part of the scripted practice, is trying to get the defense right with their pressure patterns and the way they’re going to play coverage on the back end and then it’s getting our quarterbacks used to whether we’re throwing the ball or up front handling the movement with those run schemes.”
Now on to some Tweets!
Oh, wait, that’s a Washington training camp update!
There are good and bad reports shared all around the NFL, and if you look around social media, fans are freaking out everywhere.
