For years, the Chicago Bears have kept things under wraps when it comes to training camp practices. Whether it’s limitations with the media live-tweeting during practice or prohibiting fans from recording plays to share with other fans, it’s felt like Fort Knox at times.
The Bears are making a peace offering with their new behind-the-scenes series, 1920 Football Drive, which will give fans exclusive access to the things they’ve wanted a deeper look into in the past. Inside meeting rooms, exclusive access from practice and mic’d up coaches and players to bring it all together.
Here are four takeaways from the second episode of 1920 Football Drive.
1. Every rep counts in Bears’ QB competition
Given the circumstances of this offseason, the Bears’ quarterback competition will be decided with training camp practices, which means that every rep is going to be judged in determining the starter between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles. In this second episode, we got a glimpse of quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo breaking down practice film with the quarterbacks, and it’s clear that they’re looking for the guy that can be the most consistent.
Unfortunately for the Bears, neither Trubisky or Foles has been consistent at this point in the competition. While Foles has had the best practice of a Chicago quarterback in camp, he hasn’t impressed outside of that. Trubisky has had his moments, including the best throw of camp to Jesper Horsted, but he hasn’t impressed either. But we haven’t seen or heard about every rep either in practice highlights or through media observation. The Bears have been watching every rep in determining who will be under center come Week 1 against the Detroit Lions.
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