Bears

Bears QB Caleb Williams said he’s grown comfortable within HC Ben Johnson‘s offense.

“I’ve got the utmost confidence in Ben, in his coaching ability, his play-calling and all of that,” Williams said, via PFT. “It comes down to being able to execute exactly what he puts out there for us as a team, as an offense. Throughout the week when we’re messing up — which is going to happen — we have to get back in the huddle, redo it, so that when it happens on game day, we go out there and execute exactly what he dishes out for us.”

• Bears rookie RB Kyle Monangai has been limited in practice while recovering from a hamstring injury, but spoke about his return: “I feel good. I don’t know what my role will be, but whatever it is, I’m hoping to do it to the best of my ability.” (Courtney Cronin)

Packers

Dealing with a back injury, Packers DE Micah Parsons had a unique look at the locker room while receiving treatment on Tuesday and feels that the team is bought in and ready to go places this season.

“I’ve never been in a locker room with guys like this,” Parsons said in a Thursday press conference. “I came in Tuesday for treatment and I saw like almost every guy in the locker room. I said, ‘This is the first time I’ve ever seen this.’ That just shows how much these guys want to be here.”

• Ian Rapoport reports that the Packers signed P Daniel Whelan to a two-year, $6.2 million deal, including a $2.1 million signing bonus.

Packers

Packers QB Jordan Love said he is working to refine some of his passes this season, pointing out that out-breaking routes to the left side have been an area he’s vulnerable in.

“That’s been the most inconsistent thing for me, those out-breakers to the left where sometimes I’m on the money, sometimes I’m missing inside where that very well could be a pick-six,” Love said, via Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated. “There’ve been a couple plays where it should be an easy completion and I miss inside, and the DB has a chance to break it up. It’s just having that mindset where I gotta hit on every throw, if there’s a little separation then I gotta be able to put the ball on the money. If there’s no separation, how can I fit it in that type of window? All those things, what I need to focus on is the balance, not falling off my throws to the left and making sure I get everything open, and balance is a big part of that.”

Love praised their coaching staff for giving him different things to work on to develop more consistency.

*“You don’t want to have too many things coach gives you so much to work on — Well, which one do I focus on? They’ve done a great job coaching-wise of giving me different...