Bears quarterbacks and all rookies report for training camp on Saturday, and when the full squad comes to Halas Hall on Tuesday the drama really begins.
This is what training camps have become. It's no longer players trying to make a team, get into playing shape for a season or better understand and fit a playing system. Those all happen, but it has all taken a back seat to the saga, the daily narrative as virtually every play gets watched, diagnosed, and critiqued by media and even fans, depending upon whether the practice facility is big enough to accommodate spectators. Sadly, not many of them can watch the Bears on a daily basis at their practice facility.
The groundwork for Bears success or failure in 2026 will be put in place in these next six weeks. Preseason games mean little compared to the daily practices. There just aren't enough in preseason reps available for players to do as much to impress coaches in games as there are in practices.
Here are five bold predictions for what happens when Bears training camp begins with the full squad starting practices on July 29. So much of what happens is repetitious, because the same things really do seem to happen every year for most teams at camp.Bears Edge:📈 Booker had 4.5 sacks/23 pressures Week 15 thru playoffs. Legit 10 sack potential. 📉Dayo now coming off an Achilles tear In his last healthy 16 games has 1 single sack. 📉Shemar Turner played 5 games and 74 snaps before tearing his ACL. All projection. #Bears pic.twitter.com/qstlfKGpQh— Clay Harbor (@clayharbs82) May 2, 20261. A long-awaited defensive end move
