The Bears haven't done a lot of winning in recent years but several Chicago fans visited Pope Leo XIV to hopefully change that fact in 2025.

The Chicago Bears held their first practice of training camp Wednesday morning, a shorter session that served as a reminder that football is back across the NFL. The Bears still have more than two weeks before their first preseason game and 47 days until the curtain lifts for them in the regular season.

Grady Jarrett is well respected throughout the league. He has appeared in 152 career games through his first 10 seasons in the NFL, all with the Atlanta Falcons

Eagles tackle Lane Johnson called the NFLPA’s issues “a [poop] show” Wednesday. Kmet was more circumspect, saying that he hoped the union would get their next hire right. Asked whether the public nature of the scandals worsened their impact, Kmet said that was part of life as a football player.

On Tuesday, Chicago waived defensive tackle Jereme Robinson, a former football and basketball standout at Carver High School in Montgomery. Robinson was the only player on the team’s roster with Alabama football roots.

Our Most Important Bears of 2025 continues with Drew Dalman, who Chicago invested in to anchor the offensive line.

The defensive coordinator will have to operate the next few weeks of training camp without cornerback Jaylon Johnson.

NFL.com's Eric Edholm listed Chicago Bears' left tackle Braxton Jones as a veteran who could lose his starting job.