The Chicago Bears returned to Halas Hall for the second week of Organized Team Activities (OTAs), where they continue to adjust to learning their new respective schemes.
Tuesday’s practiced marked the fifth of 10 allotted OTA practices, and Chicago will return to the field Thursday to wrap up the second week of OTAs. They’ll return to the practice field for their final week of OTAs starting June 6 ahead of mandatory minicamp.
There were plenty of storylines from Tuesday’s practice, where tight end Cole Kmet, offensive tackle Teven Jenkins, linebacker Nicholas Morrow and head coach Matt Eberflus met with the media.
Here’s what we learned from the fifth practice of Chicago’s OTAs:
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Jaylon Johnson practiced with the second team, but it’s nothing to read into
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Matt Eberflus revealed that CB1 Jaylon Johnson was working with the second-team defense during the second week of OTAs. But it’s nothing to read into, says Eberflus. It was a conditioning thing for Johnson, who was noticeably absent during the early portion of the offseason program.
With Johnson working with the 2’s, it was rookie Kyler Gordon and Kindle Vildor working with the starting offense. An indication that Vildor could be the top reserve option for Chicago at outside cornerback.
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Matt Eberflus is very impressed by Justin Fields’ deep ball
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It didn’t take long for receiver Darnell Mooney to praise Justin Fields’ deep ball last summer early in training camp. Now, it’s Eberflus who’s recognizing that Fields has phenomenal deep-ball accuracy.
“Man, he throws a good deep ball,” Eberflus said.
That was on display at times during Fields’ rookie season, but it didn’t feel like Matt Nagy took advantage of that aspect of Fields’ game. Let’s see how Luke Getsy utilizes Fields’ deep-ball accuracy, especially with a few…