Bears WR Kevin White To Start Training Camp On PUP List

The fact that Chicago struggled mightily on kick and punt returns a year ago leads me to believe that this role is carved out for Rodgers, and it is his position to lose. This is where I’m going to be.

He replied quickly, “Yeah I’m good with that”. Always looking to keep things fresh, coach Mike McCarthy is giving up play-calling duties to devote more time to overseeing defense and special teams. McClellin has earned praise from the new staff, and they are eager to see him in the position for which he was originally fit, but he needs to prove himself from the start in what could be his final year as a Bear. It has everything to do with what transpired during his first season with the Bears previous year. This comes after a rough first season in Chicago in which he was slowed by pneumonia and finished with a career-low 5 1/2 sacks after seven consecutive seasons in double figures. He’s too athletic and has too much potential to cut ties with.

Please don’t misunderstand, Phil Emery and Marc Trestman are two of the nicer guys I’ve been fortunate to cover in my years on the beat, but it never really felt like we were talking football with football guys. Camp will flow into the preseason games and before you know it, the Bears and Green Bay Packers will be playing the season opener on September 11th. However it does it, it will humble you. I think the cool part about this year is that’s gone. Both coaches don’t owe Jay Cutler anything, and if he continues to fall down the slippery slope, look for backup quarterback Jimmy Clausen to take over. “Just trying to get better every day”. When White gets back on the field, he will make to up for lost time and try to climb up the depth charts.

John Fox’s matter-of-fact attitude about coaching extends to the way he talks about his quarterback, Jay Cutler.

Cutler pointed out the obvious, but with a bit of humor, when he said of Long: “I think it’s safe to say he’ll be on the field at one of those five positions when we open up”. He has a lot of NFL experience as a middle linebacker for the Bucs, albeit in a 4-3, but I think his skills translate well to what Fangio wants to do. “That’s all I want to do”. Bennett was a good receiver in the red zone last season as he caught six of ten passes thrown to him. There were just all these circumstances and I let them get to me. I shouldn’t have. I shouldn’t have. I’m about as healthy as I can be right now.

Goals of going camping: Fox said he’s glad to be away at a training camp this season, something that didn’t happen when he was the coach in Denver but he did experience when coaching Carolina. “That’s all I want to do”. Allen will be playing outside linebacker for the first time in his 12-year career. “Standing up takes a little pressure off the body. We just gotta go out and perform well on Sundays”.

Allen hopes that growth leads to a year of redemption. Houston is still recovering from a torn ACL that he suffered while celebrating a sack during the 2014 season. “It feels fickle, right?”

If you want to count on something heading into the 2015 season, my money is on Langford to be there right behind Forte come Week 1.

“I don’t know where he’s going to end up”, Fox said. I put more pressure on myself than anything.