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NFL.com analyst Chad Reuter is predicting that Bears third-round pick David Montgomery will be one of two running backs selected to the NFL All-Rookie Team in 2019. The other 10 starters on Reuter’s All-Rookie offense were chosen in the first two rounds of the draft. The Bears traded up 14...

Which undrafted rookie do you think has the best chance of making the 53-man roster? Robert P. Minnesota It’s awfully early to make a prediction like that (but I will anyway). At this point I will go with tight end Dax Raymond from Utah State. He was ranked the No. 1 undrafted tight end by...

Plank was selected by the Bears in the 12th round of the 1975 draft out of Ohio State. Known for his monster hits, recording 15 interceptions while appearing in 101 games with 96 starts over eight seasons in Chicago. Starting side-by-side in the Bears secondary from 1976-82, Fencik and Plank...

“He’s a very, very wise man,” Montgomery said, “just being able to pass some of the golden nuggets that he took from playing here and being such a great back. I was definitely trying to be one of those guys to just soak it all in like a sponge.” Montgomery’s admiration for Payton started even...

Catch this: Another player who has stood out in rookie minicamp is running back David Montgomery. The third-round pick from Iowa State produced the play of the day Saturday with a diving catch deep down the right sideline. “He’s extremely focused when he’s in practice, which I love,” Nagy...

The Bears on Sunday signed offensive lineman Tommy Doles and defensive end Jalen Dalton and released kickers Redford Jones and John Baron, defensive end Lawrence Marshall and safety Adarius Pickett. All six players participated in this weekend’s rookie minicamp. Doles was Northwestern’s...

“I thought I saw that,” Nagy said. “I looked out of the corner of my eye and said, ‘Did he just do that?’ And I guess he did. I would probably recommend to not do that. I think of [former NFL kicker] Martin Gramatica. He had a little celebration and [tore] an ACL. It’s probably not the smartest...

“I picked his brain a lot,” Shelley said. “I asked him about receivers he went against. He told me a story about when he went up against Randy Moss as a rookie when Moss was in his prime. For me coming in as a rookie and hopefully getting a chance to go against some of the top receivers in the...

The field-goal tries at the end of practice came after the kickers had been working out for the majority of the session on an adjacent field by themselves. “This is going to be a little bit of a process,” Nagy said. “As you all saw, they were on the other field today and doing some different...

A Montreal native who is fluent in English and French, Betts won two Canadian college national championships at Laval. He was named the top rookie in Canadian college football in 2015 after leading the nation with 12 sacks and was voted the country’s top down lineman each of the last three...

Off and running: Nagy also liked what he saw from David Montgomery, a running back from Iowa State that the Bears selected with their top pick in the third round of the draft. “I thought he had a good practice,” Nagy said. “These kids, they’re going on all these visits and the Combine and...

Alex Bars, OL Notre Dame Played in 36 games with 32 starts over four seasons, the first three of which were spent being tutored by Bears offensive line coach Harry Hiestand … Started all 12 games at right tackle in 2016 and all 13 contests at right guard in 2017 … Opened first five games of...

After arriving at Halas Hall, the prospects filled out paperwork, got fitted for equipment, received playbooks, posed for headshots and took medical exams. “It was just surreal because you work for it your whole life,” said cornerback Duke Shelley, a sixth-round pick from Kansas State. “It’s...

Who did the Raiders draft with the picks they acquired from the Bears in the Khalil Mack trade? Ronald G. Oregon The Raiders chose Alabama running back Josh Jacobs with the 24th pick in the first round and traded the 196th selection in the sixth round to the Jets, who chose Rutgers cornerback...

Bears head coach Matt Nagy has announced the hiring of Brad Childress as senior offensive assistant. Childress, who owns 20 years of NFL coaching experience, joins the Bears in his second stint with the club after previously serving as Chicago’s senior offensive consultant during the 2018...

Hester was a rookie in 2006 when the Bears captured their second straight NFC North title under coach Lovie Smith, compiling a 13-3 record. The dynamic second-round pick from Miami set an NFL single-season record by returning five kicks for touchdowns. Hester followed by becoming the first...

The Bears picked five players in the draft: Iowa State running back David Montgomery at No. 73 in the third round, Georgia receiver Riley Ridley at No. 126 in the fourth round, Kansas State cornerback Duke Shelley at No, 205 in the sixth round, and Florida Atlantic running back Kerrith Whyte Jr...

Despite not having a pick in the first two rounds of the draft, the Bears moved up one spot to No. 7 in the NFL.com league power rankings. “After some wheelin' and dealin' with the Patriots, the Bears tabbed David Montgomery (No. 73 overall) to join the mix after Jordan Howard's exit,” analyst...