The Chicago Bears have suited up for their first padded practice of training camp Monday at Halas Hall. This begins the first of 14 allotted padded practices for Chicago ahead of their 2020 opener against the Detroit Lions.
This is also the first practice where media are allowed to watch practice, which should give fans a good understanding of how certain things like the quarterback competition and other position battles are panning out.
The first footage from Bears practice has surfaced courtesy of WGN’s Josh Frydman, who got confirmation that Cordarrelle Patterson is indeed getting reps with the running backs rather than wide receivers, which was previously reported by NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo.
Nagy’s Swiss Army knife Cordarrelle Patterson practicing with the running backs. @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/kF9b8aXARY
— Josh Frydman (@Josh_Frydman) August 17, 2020
Patterson is a threat every time he has the ball in his hands, which is why the Bears want to make sure they can get the ball in his hands whenever they can. While Chicago has a crowded receivers room, the Bears can utilize Patterson more in the running game in addition to his kick return duties.
But the biggest storyline of training camp — and the biggest focus at these practices open to the media — is the quarterback competition between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles.
Frydman shared a look at Trubisky and Foles running through some drills. But expect to hear from the media whether someone has an immediate edge in the first day in pads.
First day in full pads for Trubisky and Foles. We may actually get to learn something about this quarterback battle @WGNNews pic.twitter.com/2yZgk5rdyo
— Josh Frydman (@Josh_Frydman) August 17, 2020
