Bears' secondary doesn't look ready for NFC North loaded with powerful pass catchers
<p>The NFC North has long been known as the NFL’s most bruising, old-school division, and it does trend that way when winter hits, but battles between <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >the Bears</a> and their rivals have increasingly gone to the air.</p><p>The Bears don’t look ready for that at the moment.</p><p>Their secondary, once a roster strength, is dicey as they head into what should be a wide-open division race. The Lions and Packers have prolific quarterbacks in Jared Goff and Jordan Love, respectively, and the Vikings are trying to relaunch two-time Pro Bowl selection Kyler Murray.</p><p>Each of those teams is stacked with pass catchers, and that’s where concerns rise for the Bears.</p><p>They still have an elite shutdown cornerback in Jaylon Johnson, assuming he truly is back to normal after a major injury derailed him last season, but that’s not enough.
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<p>The NFC North has long been known as the NFL’s most bruising, old-school division, and it does trend that way when winter hits, but battles between <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >the Bears</a> and their rivals have increasingly gone to the air.</p><p>The Bears don’t look ready for that at the moment.</p><p>Their secondary, once a roster strength, is dicey as they head into what should be a wide-open division race. The Lions and Packers have prolific quarterbacks in Jared Goff and Jordan Love, respectively, and the Vikings are trying to relaunch two-time Pro Bowl selection Kyler Murray.</p><p>Each of those teams is stacked with pass catchers, and that’s where concerns rise for the Bears.</p><p>They still have an elite shutdown cornerback in Jaylon Johnson, assuming he truly is back to normal after a major injury derailed him last season, but that’s not enough. He negates one threat, theoretically, and the North teams bring much more to the table than that.</p><p>The Bears’ secondary already had uncertainty as they started over at safety and made no big moves at cornerback. Then their key offseason pickup, Super Bowl champion safety Coby Bryant, went down with a potentially season-ending knee injury.</p><p>That leaves a lot of responsibility on rookie Dillion Thieneman.</p><p>Ever-unpredictable cornerback Tyrique Stevenson has been out with a minor injury and missed practice again Wednesday.
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- <p>The NFC North has long been known as the NFL’s most bruising, old-school division, and it does trend that way when winter hits, but battles between <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >the Bears</a> and their rivals have increasingly gone to the air.</p><p>The Bears don’t look ready for that at the moment.</p><p>Their secondary, once a roster strength, is dicey as they head into what should be a wide-open division race. The Lions and Packers have prolific quarterbacks in Jared Goff and Jordan Love, respectively, and the Vikings are trying to relaunch two-time Pro Bowl selection Kyler Murray.</p><p>Each of those teams is stacked with pass catchers, and that’s where concerns rise for the Bears.</p><p>They still have an elite shutdown cornerback in Jaylon Johnson, assuming he truly is back to normal after a major injury derailed him last season, but that’s not enough.
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Bears' secondary doesn't look ready for NFC North loaded with powerful pass catchers
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