Unlike this time last year, the Bears did not use their mini recruit to break in a leaving quarter.
The practices, however, will still have a certain intrigue. The Bears will test their eight recruit recovery choices, their additions as a free free agent and test players for three days from Friday in Halas Hall. On the eve of the Minicamp recruit, here is an overview of the biggest questions they will face:
Is Ozzy to the right – or left?
The former Boston College Ozzy Trapilo platform, one of the three Bears choices in the second round, started 10 games in the left tackle in 2022 – then moved to the right side for the last 24 departures of his Collgew career.
He thinks of seeing an action on the left side during the recruit camp; The biggest question will be to know where he aligns himself once the complete list of bears will come together later this month.
The left plateau Braxton Jones recovers from an ankle operation and enters the last year of his contract. His path to a starting work is cleaner if he has to beat Trapilo in the left tackle than if the Bears decide to move Darnell Wright from the right to left. Kiran Amegadjie, a third round choice a year ago, can also play both sides.
How will Colaston Loveland manage the classroom?
COLSTON Loveland, the old tight end of Michigan and the Bears 10th The choice of draft undergone shoulder surgery in January which came with a six -month recovery calendar that accompanies it. This means that he will have to pass the rest of the off -season to look at simply. One of the two assistants left from the Matt Eberflus era, one of the Matt Eberflus, is responsible for informing it. It will not be easy – a tight end is considered the second most complicated position to learn at the NFL level, behind the quarter.
“Everything is mental for him at this stage,” said coach Ben Johnson. “There is a lot to learn. Not only the diagram, but also in terms of technique. ”
Shemar Turner, the defensive platform of Texas A&M, the Bears also took Tour 2, recoveries a stress fracture in his tibia but predicted that he “should be able to go” to the recruit camp.
Will Luther Burden adapt to a new role?
The former receiver of Missouri, Luther Burden, another second round choice, is the best bet to be the star of the minicamp recruit. He is talented and motivated, having spent training in establishing Tigers late at night after being died in the first round.
The burden will be tested during the OTA and the minicamp compulsory, however, when it becomes the fifth option of reception of the Bears – or worse – behind Dj Moore, Rome Odunze, Loveland and Cole Kmet. Going from the centerpiece of a university offense to a complementary role has the potential to frustrate the burden. Channel it in the right direction, and it will not be the fifth option for a long time.
Is Kyle Monangai an answer to the RB problems of the Bears?
The Bears entered the off -season needing a running mate for Andre Swift and rather did Kyle Monangai de Rutgers on 22ND The ball carrier caught in the project this year.
He is a physical runner – no one in the Big Ten had no more yards in the last two seasons – and a voluntary blocker. He is also sure – Monangai has never grown at university.
It is difficult for runners to prove a lot on the ground before the pads come on, but a strong month of the recruit could avoid any temptation to add a veteran closer to the training camp.
