5. Tight end is now a strength for this team
Following a disappointing effort by tight ends last season, the Bears completely overhauled their tight ends room this offseason. They brought in a couple of veterans in Jimmy Graham and Demetrius Harris, as well as used their top draft pick to take Cole Kmet.
But I don’t think anyone expected to hear how much these tight ends have been performing in training camp. To the point where Nagy called tight end a strength of this team, words that Bears fans probably didn’t expect to hear.
“It’s a good mix right now,” Nagy said. “That group of tight ends, from top to bottom, I really think that that tight end room is a strength of ours right now. We like that. That’s very important in this offense. You have to have tight ends. And so, right now, the way that they’re developing at the pace that we want to evaluate them, they’re picking this offense up pretty well and they’re making plays.”
While the entire tight end room has performed well in camp, it’s been Graham, Kmet and Harris that have really stood out, which is certainly a good thing. Those three tight ends have excellent size, which is why both Trubisky and Foles have shown a liking for them in training camp practices.
“You look at these guys, they’re all 6-5, 6-6, 6-7,” Nagy said. “That’s an extremely friendly target to the quarterback.”
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