Predicting Chicago Bears’ 1st Wave of Roster Cuts
Published by Matt Eurich on August 2, 2015
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears kicked off training camp July 30 and held their first padded practice of the year August 1.
NFL teams are not allowed to conduct fully padded practices until training camp begins, and head coach John Fox said he is excited to evaluate his players with pads on, according to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN.com:
Well, I think you know some of this stuff is very hard to duplicate, you know, padded football without pads. So you know half that stuff, some of the flare-ups you see is because they’re getting tired of playing football that way [without pads]. So you know the game is a little bit more physical, a little bit more realistic, in my opinion, in pads. So we are all excited to do it. I’m sure the players are excited and so are the coaches.
The Bears currently have 90 players on their roster, and they will have to reduce that number to 75 before September 1.
In the coming weeks, the Bears will begin making cuts based off the performances of players on the practice field and in the preseason, and just ahead, we predict five players who will be part of Chicago’s first wave of roster cuts.
