We’re now closing on the start of real, actual football practices with full rosters—those get underway two weeks from Monday. For now …
• Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy said Monday that QB Justin Fields is “light-years ahead” of where he was a year ago, so I went looking for a little context on where Fields has taken those big steps. Tangibly, it should show up with the mental work he’s done to improve his command at the line of scrimmage—in changing protections and making adjustments within the offense. He’s made the comment to the coaches over the last couple of weeks that he could never have had the conversations with them last year that he’s having now, which is a great sign for where they are collectively.
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