Bears RT Darnell Wright on the Ben Johnson effect: “When he first got here, he like instilled the confidence into me that I was going to be a part of the offense. I’ve never had a coach really come up to me and be like, ‘We’re depending on you.’”
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Bears are in shells today. Lighter, shorter practice. Highlight so far is Kaden Davis making a one-handed, sliding touchdown catch on a throw from Caleb Williams in 7 on 7!
The Bears activated LB T.J. Edwards off the non-football injury list.
ICYMI, on Darnell Wright, Bear thru 2031, richest right tackle in the league www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
Bears GM Ryan Poles and head coach Ben Johnson on Darnell Wright's extension through 2031
Story on Darnell Wright’s four-year extension, as the Bears make him the league’s highest-paid right tackle
Bears right tackle Darnell Wright gets 4-year, $116 million contract extension (Gift Article)
Wright, GM Ryan Poles' first first-round pick, was a second-team All-Pro last season.
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Today’s Bears camp report… • Tough day for the offense • Big collision to end the two-minute drill • Devin Bush’s speed on display • D’Andre Swift’s goals And more! (Free to read)
Chicago Bears offense sputters, linebacker Devin Bush flashes his speed (Gift Article)
Observations from the second padded practice include a tough day for the Bears offense with linebacker Devin Bush flying around.
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"Man, that guy wants to score points." — Bears LB Devin Bush on what he's learned about Ben Johnson
Fox announced their announcer teams for the 2026 season. The Bears-Panthers Week 1 game will get the crew of Adam Amin, Drew Brees and Kristina Pink.
Final drill: Bears ball with 54 seconds down 5 at their 47-yard line. After back-to-back false starts, Caleb Williams eventually converted a fourth down to Kalif Raymond. With 3 seconds left, his pass to Burden in traffic in the end zone fell incomplete. Devin Bush put quite the hit on Burden.
First mini melee at Bears camp. Rookie Jordan van den Berg was involved and his veteran teammate Montez Sweat was proud of the aggressiveness
It’s Year 13 of the @sandonfl.bsky.social QB Tiers, and Caleb Williams ranked tied for 11th, besting pre-2014 Jay Cutler (17th) for highest-ranked Bears quarterback
White Sox are done. They added a controllable starter, a leverage reliever and a catcher to fill in for Kyle Teel, and shuffled in a new righty CF, so they hit all the major points of their deadline shopping list. Now it’s a question of if they made the right bets.
As the Bears sort through their safety depth chart, Cam Lewis — who played there today — started at safety for the Bills in the divisional round last year. Plenty of DB experience, though he's also been playing the starting nickel spot. Elijah Hicks remains on PUP, but he has 15 career starts at S.
Cam Lewis played safety next to Dillon Thieneman in team drills. Coby Bryant was injured earlier in practice and is not on the field.
Colleague @danwiederer.bsky.social on Bears TE Colston Loveland, the Year 2 expectations and more (free to read)
Bears’ Colston Loveland eyes breakout after frustrating finish to strong rookie year (Gift Article)
The end of a playoff loss provided plenty of "What ifs" for the Bears tight end. Now, though, a promising second season awaits.
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Bears head coach Ben Johnson says Kyle Monangai is dealing with a soft tissue injury and his timeline should be on the "shorter side."
Can confirm what Jeff Passan has reported, White Sox have traded Seranthony Domínguez, Boston Smith and Nolan Jones to Mariners for Luis Castillo
We usually ask Jaylon Johnson about expectations this time of year. To him, it’s no different despite the playoff win. Why? “For me we ain’t done a damn thing. There’s a lot for us to prove on defense.” Blog from Halas
Bears' Johnson eyes defensive improvement in 2026
One summer tradition at Chicago Bears training camp is talking to Jaylon Johnson about outside expectations. He’s often quite forthright about how the team needs to do something on the field to match ...
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Bears just wrapped up practice in the rain. Tyson Bagent hit Zavion Thomas for a touchdown in a two-minute drill to end practice. Starting offense went 3-and-out in their hurry-up. Jedrick Wills was LT1. No Kyle Monangai.
Practice will begin indoors today. So much for wet-ball Saturday.
Kevin Fishbain@kfishbain.bsky.social · 4d ago"We get wet-ball Wednesday on a Saturday." — Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower (Thought about posting without context, but, It's pouring in Lake Forest and the Bears are practicing outside, so, HT is fired up for the specialists to get that experience)
Bears camp is closed to the public today due to lightning.
"We get wet-ball Wednesday on a Saturday." — Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower (Thought about posting without context, but, It's pouring in Lake Forest and the Bears are practicing outside, so, HT is fired up for the specialists to get that experience)
Bears observations from Halas Hall… • A new bombshell (Kiran Amegadjie) has entered the villa (left tackle competition) • Colston Loveland shines • Salvon Ahmed catches our eye • Ben Johnson aware of regression chatter And more! (Free to read)
Bears’ left tackle competition adds another contender; Colston Loveland shines (Gift Article)
Practice No. 3 of Bears training camp was a reminder not to rule Kiran Amegadjie out of the left tackle competition just yet.
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Bears RT Darnell Wright doesn't seem concerned about his contract situation: "I know I'll be here for a long time. Hopefully my whole career."