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***Official*** Chicago Bears Training Camp Thread!!! (Preamble to the Domination!) (FTO)
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0 reporting on odunze
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Oh hey 8th practice of the year and someone finally watched Odunze work instead of reporting on the occasional reception.
"With so much of the focus being around Caleb Williams, it almost feels like Odunze isn’t getting the attention a normal No. 9 overall pick would get if he was on any other team that only had one pick in the top 10."
Odd quote
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In fairness, I think the only one hyping up VJJ is himself.
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I’d like to think my not hyping velus jones jr had something to do with his not getting the hof
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Look, I'm just saying, and this is my total honest truth, and I'm not trying to beat around this bush, but here's the thing.
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It's actually not odd at all. I've seen plenty on odunze but wouldn't expect him to have nearly as much coverage as the qb drafted #1 overall
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Personally, with a QB drafted #1 overall, I expect the receiving units to get coverage based on how well they are performing for the rookie QB. So it would make sense that press follows the order of the depth chart. Moore and Allen should get the most press, followed by Odunze and Scott, with VJJ competing for press with the TEs and RBs.
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Notes from Monday’s camp via The Athletic:
“The Chicago Bears offense had the ball on the 6-yard line inside the Walter Payton Center at Monday’s practice. Here was an opportunity to respond to a rough Saturday practice and struggles near the goal line.
Caleb Williams, flushed from the pocket to his right, found wide receiver Keenan Allen in the back of the end zone for a touchdown. We’ll let the rookie quarterback break it down.
“We had a quick game for blitz that I went to … where we’re starting right there in that progression,” he said. “Start there and then I got back to Keenan. I felt the pocket’s collapsing and I felt a big gap open up, and I know Keenan is coming on the back line and I felt the defense push over, the ’backer attach. The ’backer was too low and I threw it over his head.”
From our vantage point, we saw Allen running from left to right along the back line with a defender trailing, and the linebacker in front, but Williams got the ball to his receiver in stride for the score.
Williams specifically mentioned his ability to recognize blitzes and then get to where his answers are for them before and after the snap.
“(It’s) feeling that out to adjust protection, to adjust whether it’s a run, flip the run, flip the run in to it, flip the protection, get to a quick game, get to a Cover 0 check,” he said.
The Bears should love that Williams is embracing this challenging part of quarterback play early. It’s not easy. The best veterans still struggle with blitz pickups.
Waldron said they don’t want to “hold back on that ability he has” when Williams creates outside the pocket. We saw it on the touchdown to Allen. But Williams also has shown he can comfortably make plays from the pocket.
From the 6-yard line, Williams made an anticipatory throw to the back left corner of the end zone and dropped it right in the arms of Odunze for the score. Those are the plays you’d like to see more often, of course, but it’s all a process. Williams said they are finally nearing the end of installing the full playbook.
“It’s been great,” Booker said. “I’ve been able to see what the ones’ offensive line looks like and getting a better look than going against the twos. It’s been a great opportunity and just making the best of it.”
Playing opposite Montez Sweat has resulted in opportunities against left tackle Braxton Jones.
“Braxton is probably the best tackle out there,” Booker said. “(He’s) probably top three tackles I’ve gone up against.”
Booker said that Jones’ “strong-ass hands” make him challenging.
“He knows when to throw them, too,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing — timing. Because if you just try to throw them right off the bat, I’m just going to get them off. But if you wait for me to make my move first and then you throw them, that’s when you get guys.”
The rest is at the link below.
Bears camp: Early impressions of Caleb Williams and how he views his progressBears camp: Early impressions of Caleb Williams and how he views his progress
“The Chicago Bears offense had the ball on the 6-yard line inside the Walter Payton Center at Monday’s practice. Here was an opportunity to respond to a rough Saturday practice and struggles near the goal line.
Caleb Williams, flushed from the pocket to his right, found wide receiver Keenan Allen in the back of the end zone for a touchdown. We’ll let the rookie quarterback break it down.
“We had a quick game for blitz that I went to … where we’re starting right there in that progression,” he said. “Start there and then I got back to Keenan. I felt the pocket’s collapsing and I felt a big gap open up, and I know Keenan is coming on the back line and I felt the defense push over, the ’backer attach. The ’backer was too low and I threw it over his head.”
From our vantage point, we saw Allen running from left to right along the back line with a defender trailing, and the linebacker in front, but Williams got the ball to his receiver in stride for the score.
Williams specifically mentioned his ability to recognize blitzes and then get to where his answers are for them before and after the snap.
“(It’s) feeling that out to adjust protection, to adjust whether it’s a run, flip the run, flip the run in to it, flip the protection, get to a quick game, get to a Cover 0 check,” he said.
The Bears should love that Williams is embracing this challenging part of quarterback play early. It’s not easy. The best veterans still struggle with blitz pickups.
Waldron said they don’t want to “hold back on that ability he has” when Williams creates outside the pocket. We saw it on the touchdown to Allen. But Williams also has shown he can comfortably make plays from the pocket.
From the 6-yard line, Williams made an anticipatory throw to the back left corner of the end zone and dropped it right in the arms of Odunze for the score. Those are the plays you’d like to see more often, of course, but it’s all a process. Williams said they are finally nearing the end of installing the full playbook.
Rookie on the rise?
Defensive end Austin Booker, the Bears’ fifth-round selection, has started to rotate more with the starters in camp, including during practice on Monday.“It’s been great,” Booker said. “I’ve been able to see what the ones’ offensive line looks like and getting a better look than going against the twos. It’s been a great opportunity and just making the best of it.”
Playing opposite Montez Sweat has resulted in opportunities against left tackle Braxton Jones.
“Braxton is probably the best tackle out there,” Booker said. “(He’s) probably top three tackles I’ve gone up against.”
Booker said that Jones’ “strong-ass hands” make him challenging.
“He knows when to throw them, too,” he said. “That’s the biggest thing — timing. Because if you just try to throw them right off the bat, I’m just going to get them off. But if you wait for me to make my move first and then you throw them, that’s when you get guys.”
The rest is at the link below.
Bears camp: Early impressions of Caleb Williams and how he views his progressBears camp: Early impressions of Caleb Williams and how he views his progress
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At least Waldron appears to not be a fucking idiot and is catering the offense to the player .
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You know, TEs and fullbacks are interchangeable these days. You heard it here first.
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I know you all will be stunned to read this but..........
NO SHOW NATE DAVIS STRIKES AGAIN!
NO SHOW NATE DAVIS STRIKES AGAIN!
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Was anyone able to get tickets for training camp? My friends and I struck out even though we went on ticketmaster right when they became available. Oh well.
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After they mentioned he tweaked something I knew he was done for most of camp. Dude always finds a way to miss TC.
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I did not but I went the last few years and it was very underwhelming. Bearbonnais was 10x better.
Is that Mr. Simone Biles? He's already back :O
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