Bears

Bears’ rookie RB Kyle Monangai had a breakout performance in Week 9’s 47-42 win over the Bengals, recording 176 yards on 26 carries. Monangai said he felt the effects of his heavy workload following the game.

“I didn’t realize it’s been a whole year since I’ve had a workload that heavy, really since college,” Monangai said, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN. “I think my body was just in shock of the whole thing. I know I can take hits and my body bounces back recovery-wise. I know my body well enough to do that, but it definitely hurt.”

Monangai’s college coach, Rutgers HC Greg Schiano, said the running back had to work his way to the starting role.

“When we had Ray Rice, Day 1, I said, ‘That’s our guy,'” Schiano said. “That certainly wasn’t the case with Kyle. He worked his way into that role. It was strength and conditioning, learning the game. And I just think he has an incredible competitive spirit. Incredible. Everybody says they’re a competitor. Some people are more competitors than others.”

Bears RBs coach Eric Bieniemy said Monangai is fast enough and has the attitude to be a successful running back in the NFL.

“He’s fast enough,” Bieniemy said. “He is definitely fast enough to get the job done. A part of that, too, is because of the attitude and the determined mindset that he has within him to put that on display. That’s just a part of his makeup.”

• Bears DE Austin Booker was fined $5,818, and S Kevin Byard was fined $23,186 for unnecessary roughness for use of the helmet.
• Bears CB Kyler Gordon was designated to return from injured reserve on Wednesday. When asked about how Gordon affects CB C.J. Gardner-Johnson, HC Ben Johnson said Gardner-Johnson is a player “we’re going to want on the field,” via Courtney Cronin.
• Bears QB Caleb Williams has previously praised the way veteran QB Aaron Rodgers plays the game. Johnson said Williams doesn’t get the ball out as fast as Rodgers, but thinks it will come as they develop their offense: “Um, yeah, I’d probably, probably not right now. You know, I think he’s (Rodgers) elite right now at getting the ball out of his hands. I think he’s got the, if he doesn’t have the fastest snap to throw time in the league right now, he’s got to be close. So, he’s doing a really good job of spinning it out, he’s accurate. You know, I think our guy is the same way, but we probably hold on to it a little bit more. Just where we are in the offense, as we are learning and growing, I think we will gravitate more towards getting it out faster the more reps we have. But, yeah, the guy has done it like I said at a high level for a long time, so it’s a good guy to look up to.” (Nicholas Moreano)

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