Breaking down Bears’ rookie class in schooling camp

What we’ve discovered about the Bears’ rookie class in the very first 10 days of education camp:

QB Justin Fields (Round 1)

How rosy is the long-term projection for the Ohio State quarterback? This optimistic: Mentor Matt Nagy was requested Friday whether or not he savored Jimmy Graham comparing him to Seahawks celebrity Russell Wilson.

“We understand how to mood that . . . how and what he’s indicating,” Nagy explained. “Is he indicating he’s Russell Wilson? No. But he’s expressing he has some attributes and choices to be like him. He has some characteristics that remind him of that. We adore listening to that. There is practically nothing improper with that.

“But Justin is going to be Justin Fields. He’s heading to have his possess way of what he needs to do.”

Nagy said he appreciates the comparison since “Russell’s a heck of a quarterback, and he’s had a ton of good results and he’s a winner.” Fields may be capable to say the exact same — but in all probability not shortly. While his extended-term outlook is promising, Fields’ shorter-term upcoming figures to feature him holding a clipboard behind Andy Dalton to start off the year.

OTs Teven Jenkins (Spherical 2) and Larry Borom (Round 5)

Jenkins has however to engage in a schooling-camp snap due to the fact of a rigid again, an alarming growth for a rookie who needs all the follow time at remaining deal with he can get.

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