It’s common practice for NFL players to enjoy the extended time off following yet another physically taxing season.
They’ll often make sure they stay in shape by participating in individual workouts before reporting to their team’s headquarters for the start of the offseason program in April and voluntary OTAs in May, taking their first step toward getting ready for the next season.
Chicago Bears safety Jaquan Brisker didn’t want to wait that long. Brisker invited the entire secondary to work out with him in California, with head coach Matt Eberflus saying the safety is getting everyone together “as we speak.”
Matt Eberflus tells me the entire #Bears secondary is getting together in California “as we speak” to workout together. Jaquan Brisker put it together. Flus is excited about Kevin Byard’s fit with the existing unit. pic.twitter.com/cLjJ7S67cb
— Adam Hoge (@AdamHoge) March 26, 2024
Eberflus also noted that he’s excited for longtime Titans safety Kevin Byard to join the defense this year — a unit that many project to be one of the NFL’s more formidable squads next season.
The players, coaches and front office are saying and doing all the right things this offseason. General manager Ryan Poles had made several smart and integral offseason signing and brought a decisive end to the Justin Fields-Caleb Williams debate, sending him to Pittsburgh; Eberflus is beginning to win the favor of the fans by being so involved in several pivotal moves in the last couple of months, and locker room leaders like Brisker are making the extra effort to build chemistry and allow new guys, like Byard, to get extra time with his new teammates.
It’s been a productive offseason so far, with even more firepower coming in the NFL draft in just under a month.
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