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What we saw — and heard — at Bears minicamp this week
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Chicago Bears Insider

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Good morning, Chicago.

New coach Ben Johnson and the Bears wrapped up minicamp Thursday in Lake Forest. The team spent three days on the practice field installing the offense and defense and working on situational football.

Johnson said every player attended minicamp, which is mandatory. The team has one more week of organized team activities next week, but many of the veterans will have the week off. After that, there’s about a one-month break until training camp begins in late July.

“The objectives we set out to achieve, really for the whole offseason program, we felt really good about introducing the scheme, strength and conditioning, just our standard of technique and fundamentals and finish,” Johnson said.

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