David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Chicago’s new starting QB began rookie mini camp on Friday. The Chicago Bears opened one of their most anticipated rookie mini camps in years on Friday, with top 10 picks Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze donning the navy and orange for the very first time on the practice field. The 2024 draft class, sans Kiran Amegadjie (out due to a quad injury), were joined for the two-day camp by several undrafted free agents, three veteran tryouts, and several undrafted rookies. However, Williams was of course front and center in everyone’s mind as the new face of the franchise ..read more

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images This time, the Chicago Bears rookie QB won’t have to “earn” his starting spot. “Mike Glennon is our starting quarterback and we’re fired up about that.” - Chicago Bears General Manager Ryan Pace, 2017 “Andy Dalton is QB1. Justin Fields will sit.” - Chicago Bears Head Coach Matt Nagy, 2021 “No conversation. Caleb Williams is our starter.” - Chicago Bears Head Coach Matt Eberflus, 2024 New regime, new attitude. We’ve heard all the ridiculous stances before. Rookie QBs need to sit. Rookie QBs need to earn their starting role with the team. The list goes on and ..read more

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images As the 2024 rookie class takes the practice field for the first time, here’s what to watch. The Chicago Bears have a small, but exciting rookie class for 2024. Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze are making themselves at home in Chicago, taking in a Chicago Cubs and Chicago Sky games this past week. But on Thursday, the rookies rolled into Halas Hall to get ready for rookie minicamp which opens today. (Check out the videos and pics below) Rookie minicamp always opens up the start of spring practices for every NFL team. OTAs will follow throughout May and mandato ..read more

Rome Odunze #WO22 of Washington runs the 40-yard dash during the NFL Combine at the Lucas Oil Stadium on March 2, 2024 in Indianapolis | Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images It’s Rookie Mini-Camp time, along with rookie and veteran try-outs and a chance to check out the UDFA’s WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Windy City Gridiron readers can share pictures of themselves and their families and friends in Bears attire. Simply email a picture to me at the following address: denmasterken at aol dot com. The pictures need to be c ..read more

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The schedule will be out in less than a week, we predict how often the Bears will be on national television. Last year, with little expectation for the Chicago Bears to be a winning team, the Bears found themselves on primetime television four times (Monday night vs Vikings, Thursday night vs Panthers and Commanders, Sunday night vs Chargers). This was because the Bears are a historic franchise and they play in a large, football-hungry market. With an exciting rookie quarterback in Caleb Williams now on the roster and the Bears being one of the media’s favo ..read more

Jamie Sabau-USA TODAY Sports Ryan Poles’ best pick of the 2024 NFL Draft might not even have been Caleb Williams or Rome Odunze, according to a recent analysis. As I’ve written a number of times on this site, Ryan Poles deserves his flowers for turning the Chicago Bears — a dead-in-the-water franchise just two years ago — into a team with playoff (maybe even championship) aspirations in the very near future. A recent analysis of Poles’ work in the 2024 NFL Draft suggests we might not be giving him enough credit. Steven Patton, a data analyst and economist who frequently uses analytics to highl ..read more

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The Bears have finally announced their initial 9 man UDFA class! The Chicago Bears will hold their rookie minicamp at Halas Hall this Friday and Saturday (May 10-11), giving us our first look at Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze, and the rest of the 2024 draft class. But that also means the Bears have finally announced their 2024 undrafted free agents. Here’s their entire nine-man initial UDFA class. Austin Reed, QB, Western Kentucky Ian Wheeler, RB/KR, Howard Peter LeBlanc, WR, Louisiana Theo Benedet, OT, British Columbia Brenden Bates, TE, Kentucky Reddy Stewa ..read more

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Anyone questioning Rome Odunze’s game needs to find a new hobby. Prospect fatigue? Boredom? Haters gonna hate? I’m not sure why I’l seeing questions about Rome Odunze’s route running come across my Twitter time line today, but Jeff Berckes responded better than I could have. #Bears https://t.co/mRvBk0McM1 pic.twitter.com/oVk6Gi3V8O — Jeff Berckes (@gridironborn) May 9, 2024 Jacob Infante chimed in with some knowledge about the Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver as well. People who say “Rome Odunze can’t separate” fail to realize: • College open ≠ NFL op ..read more

Chicago Bears tight end Mike Ditka, right, checks in with assistant manager Vernon Maggart, left, at the Anchor Motel on May 7, 1964. Helping his 1963 National Football League Championship teammate is quarterback Bill Wade, center. Ditka and two other teammates, Doug Atkins and Larry Morris, are in Nashville to discuss a business venture with Wade. | Jimmy Ellis / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK Rookie mini-camp starts tomorrow, plus the most random Bears related Den picture ever... WE WANT YOU! Would you like to show your Chicago Bears spirit to the world? I’m starting a feature where Wind ..read more

Photo by Williams Paul/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Bears did some work on day two and three of the NFL Draft. The Chicago Bears' first two draft picks have received plenty of praise league-wide, and rightfully so, but the other three members of the class have also received their fair share of kudos. In a couple of recent articles, and one recent interview, some neat stuff has been said about third-round selection Kiran Amegadjie from Yale, fourth-rounder Tory Taylor from Iowa, and fifth-round pick Austin Booker. ESPN’s Senior NFL Insider Jeremy Fowler spoke with NFL executives, scouts ..read more