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Johnson was asked Thursday about trying to make life easier for his new offensive linemen. Ease, he said, had no place in the discussion.
There’s still a major opportunity to get better at left tackle and address other immediate needs with the Nos. 10, 39 and 41 picks in the draft next month.
Scott Goodman of Farpoint Development hasn’t met with the Bears about his plan for a lakefront Bronzeville dome, but he’s showing his cards as the team has expressed a renewed interest in moving to Arlington Heights.
The league year began March 12.
Williams’ potential was enough to help sway Lions assistant Ben Johnson to Chicago to become the team’s head coach. Free agents the Bears signed this week were intrigued by Williams, too.
There’s some risk in betting on Grady Jarrett to dominate well into his 30s and Dayo Odeyingbo to grow into more of a force than he was in Indianapolis, but it’s a plan that has a chance.
Thuney and Jarrett are proven, consistently productive players you don’t always see available in the free-agency window — a chance to fuel a Bears’ leap to playoff contention. But at 32 and 31, do they come with a catch?
He had 45 catches for 506 yards for the Commanders last season.
Jarrett arrived at Halas Hall on a three-year, $43.5 million contract after a decade of starring for the Falcons.
Johnson, who played in the NFL Championship Game as a rookie and was once ejected from a game with Dick Butkus, played six seasons with the Bears. In retirement he supported the Brian Piccolo Cancer Research Fund.
The Bears have Picks 10, 39 and 41 next month.
When Matt Eberflus was hired three years ago, he told Bears players to get their track shoes on. New coach Ben Johnson has a different idea.
Sanborn rejoins former Bears linebackers coach Dave Borgonzi, as well.
Poles traded for or signed five players who project to be starters and has the Nos. 10, 39 and 41 picks in the upcoming draft.
The former Bears quarterback has agreed to a two-year, $40 million contract, with $30 million guaranteed.
The 2022 second-round draft pick — in the final year of his rookie contract — is hopeful of the expected extension but said “my attitude’s going to be the same regardless.”
The coach has a more well-rounded roster around which to craft his playbook in the coming months. That’s no guarantee of success, but it’s a change at Halas Hall.
Patrick Scales had been with the team since 2015.
The Bears fixed some issues with their roster, but they’re still counting on quarterback Caleb Williams and coach Ben Johnson to lift them to the level of the rest of the NFC North.
Bears get their men and fill their needs, while superstars like Myles Garrett get their money.