As someone that preaches patience, I’ve kept my patience for nearly a month and I’ve officially decided I’m hitting the panic button. The Bears have a left tackle problem.

After Friday’s joint practice with the Buffalo Bills, it’s clear the Bears, at this moment, don’t have a capable starting left tackle on this roster.

Kiran Amegadjie isn’t anywhere near the mix. Amegadjie isn’t even getting consistent reps with the third team. It’s clear this coaching staff doesn’t see him as any kind of fit this season. Perhaps they hope he can still develop, but this is not a guy who...

The second joint practice went off Friday ahead of the Sunday night preseason game between the Chicago Bears and Buffalo Bills.

Things are turning up for teams as we enter the final 30 days ahead of the regular season.

With Caleb Williams and the starters playing against the Bills, the practice loses maybe a little bit of its luster but every rep matters.

To start off, Ben Johnson said in his pre-practice press conference that there needs to be clarity in the left tackle battle and says Theo Benedet is truly in the now three-man battle.

Once practice started and...

Before Friday’s joint practice against the Buffalo Bills, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson made an intriguing admission to media:

He and his staff do keep tabs on Caleb Williams’ completion percentage during practice and him to complete at least 70% of his passes.

And the young quarterback hasn’t hit the target often enough so far in 2025 training camp.

“We’ve been underneath that bar. That happens,” Johnson told reporters Friday. “We’re learning, we’re growing. Early on we were probably 55%. It’s gotten better as camp has gone on but we haven’t hit that threshold as often as we would...

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For most of the summer, fans and media made assumptions about the Chicago Bears’ tackles. They assumed Darnell Wright would be starting at right tackle (and they are correct). They thought that Braxton Jones and Ozzy Trapilo would battle it out for the left tackle job, and the loser would become the swing tackle (that is most likely correct).

But the last assumption may not be accurate. Many assumed that Kiran Amegadjie would be the team’s OT4 and would have another year of development, seeing where he stands for the 2026 season, but that may not be accurate.

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Most reports out of Halas Hall, from what was a shorts and shells practice, were that the Chicago Bears offense looked pretty good for a second consecutive day. While yesterday’s miscues from the offense got most of the headlines, it was an overall positive day for the unit. Today, the defense had its moments for sure, but Caleb Williams and the number one offense stepped up again as they look to ready themselves for Friday’s joint practice with the Buffalo Bills. The Bears and Bill play on Sunday night in their second preseason contest.

Caleb connected with several receivers, but...

WWE’s Seth Rollins, the architect of the greatest NFL Draft pick announcement in history, appeared on Good Morning Football on Thursday morning to talk a little NFL and, most importantly, about the Chicago Bears.

After the announcement that Caleb Williams and the starters will play this Sunday in the Bears’ second preseason game against Buffalo, Rollins was hyped.

The segment above followed some clips of Johnson’s press conference on Wednesday where he spoke about overloading Williams and the offense on purpose.

“I was locked in on what he was saying, man,” Rollins said. “He overloaded Caleb Williams on purpose, because...

I’m tired of it. Whether it is 670 the Score, or Collin Cowherd, or whoever you like in the national media, I’ve had it up to here with the Chicago Bears should “panic about Caleb” or “Caleb is a bust” or “we need to worry about Caleb” narrative in the national (and local) media.

To be clear, I’m not saying that we know with certainty that Caleb Williams is going to live up to his draft status and prove he should have been the #1 overall pick in 2024. What I’m saying is that, worry about Caleb William’s play should...

The start of training camp is off and rolling, which means the 2025 NFL regular season is right around the corner. Following yet another busy offseason in Chicago, the Bears will be one of 32 teams looking to resolve their roster questions before the kickoff of the regular season. The hiring of a new coaching staff always brings changes to the roster. Those usually extend beyond the first acquisition period, which is already in the books.

For the Bears, it was one of their more active offseason in recent memory. They were active in the trade market and free agency,...

As Ben Johnson said ahead of the Chicago Bears’ preseason game #1, “Preseason games might not count, but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter.”

There is no doubt about that. The preseason games are important for coaches and players alike to get accustomed to game action, practice situational football, and confirm important roster decisions. But Ben Johnson made clear in his first preseason game that he does not necessarily think that playing starters is the best way to prepare them for the regular season.

When asked in the lead up to Sunday’s game, Ben Johnson was asked what his approach...

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[**Bears’ Ben Johnson, J.T. Barrett part of crew working to get Caleb...

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the offensive tackle shuffle from the Chicago Bears today at practice. It seems they’re learning towards a left tackle leader in the clubhouse, but with a week of training camp left, one more joint practice, two preseason games, and 26 days until the season opener, there’s still time for them to change their minds.

Earlier today, Bears’ offensive line coach Dan Roushar met the media, and he spoke honestly about his two starting tackles from the preseason game, Braxton Jones and Darnell Wright.

Left tackle Jones had some rough moments against the Dolphins...