The Chicago Bears were back at Halas Hall for the final phase of their offseason program with mandatory minicamp on Tuesday, where they conducted the first of three practices this week.
The Bears were in mid-training camp form amid humid weather conditions that are expected to continue for the duration of minicamp. It's good practice for the summer. Overall, the day belonged to the defense, where cornerback Jaylon Johnson and defensive end Montez Sweat made their presence known, but the offense still made plays.
Let's recap what went down during the first day of Bears minicamp. From Jaylon Johnson returning to form to newcomers making plays to injury updates, here's what we learned from Tuesday's practice.
Perhaps the most important takeaway of this three-day minicamp is not to get too concerned with what's happening during these non-padded practices in June. Case in point, Tuesday's session was all defense and therefore a rough go for quarterback Caleb Williams, according to Clay Harbor, who had a "tougher" but "not terrible" day. Williams "made some nice throws" but also missed Colston Loveland for a "potential explosive" play.
Williams also threw two interceptions (both to cornerback Jaylon Johnson). According to Zack Pearson, one of those came during the two-minute drill on what appeared to be a miscommunication with free-agent addition Kalif Raymond, who admitted he's still getting used to this new Ben Johnson offense. Just another reason not to overreact to practices when game action is still months away.