After the better part of two penalty-filled practices, Caleb Williams improvised a bit, let it fly and found a receiver rapidly developing into a favorite.
There were more penalty flags than fancy plays from the Bears offense at Friday's first padded practice.
When he wasn't playing peacemaker, Williams was trying to revive an offense that started slow again after a terrible Thursday practice when they came back from a day off on Wednesday. "Bill's probably the best in the league at it," center Coleman Shelton said. "I've played some good amount and I've never heard anything like that before. He's very emphatic with it.
"Guys were moving and people are always excited for that first day of pads," Shelton said. "It's a fun day to go out there and play some ball."DJ Moore hasn't caught a large number of passes downfield but was involved in the short game with two quick catches. Adding to the energy was the first practice open to the general public. The had practiced once before several invited groups but this was one of the nine practices they have that were open to the public.Scott's third big deep catch of the camp showed off his improvement, but also how much the defense keys on the other top targets and isn't as worried about the fourth receiver on the team.
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