The Chicago Bears held their final mandatory minicamp practice Thursday morning at Halas Hall, sending their veterans into summer break before the team reports for training camp next month. The Bears will hold one final session of organized team activities next week with only rookies in attendance. Coach Matt Eberflus said his staff will use the time to prepare the rookies for what they need to do before training camp.
“It’s just about relearning, reinstalling and then really setting the game plan for the summer plan,” Eberflus said. “How exactly do we go through those four weeks to make sure that our baseline is here, but now we can increase it two more steps in terms of knowledge of the scheme.” For most of the 90-man roster, Thursday marked the end of the offseason program.
After a week of competitive practices and insightful interview sessions, here are the highlights from minicamp. Through the ups and downs of his first month with the Bears, tries to take a moment each day to remind himself that with all the talented skill players surrounding him, “we’re going to be pretty damn good.” Then he puts his head down and gets back to work, striving for perfection when he knows it’s not possible at this stage of learning all about his new team and the offense.
between the confidence he needs to lead a team and the humility of understanding he has a long way to go. Among the biggest challenges he has faced, he said after the final minicamp practice, is perfecti.
