Rating the Bears' rookies during training camp
<p>Tuesday night, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> rookie receiver Zavion Thomas sent veteran Kalif Raymond a video of the ankle exercises he does every night before bed.</p><p>Typically during <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/08/06/bears-training-camp-report-day-8-qb-caleb-williams-sharper-bryson-graham-nfl-bulls" target="_blank" >training camp</a>, it’s the other way around.</p><p>“It's a vet-type mindset to be disciplined and do something like that,” said Raymond, who is entering his 10<sup>th</sup> season in the NFL but first with the Bears. “And when he showed me that video, I was just happy to know that that's who he is.”</p><p>The speedster’s focus — he follows Raymond around like a pilot fish — is one of the most encouraging rookie developments during training camp.
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<p>Tuesday night, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> rookie receiver Zavion Thomas sent veteran Kalif Raymond a video of the ankle exercises he does every night before bed.</p><p>Typically during <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/08/06/bears-training-camp-report-day-8-qb-caleb-williams-sharper-bryson-graham-nfl-bulls" target="_blank" >training camp</a>, it’s the other way around.</p><p>“It's a vet-type mindset to be disciplined and do something like that,” said Raymond, who is entering his 10<sup>th</sup> season in the NFL but first with the Bears. “And when he showed me that video, I was just happy to know that that's who he is.”</p><p>The speedster’s focus — he follows Raymond around like a pilot fish — is one of the most encouraging rookie developments during training camp. As the Bears' draft picks prepare for their first preseason game Aug. 15, here’s a look at some rookie training camp superlatives:</p><h3>Most pressure on him: S Dillon Thieneman</h3><h3></h3><p>The injury to fellow safety Coby Bryant has put more attention on the Bears’ first-round pick — and forced him to learn the position without on-field help from the team’s biggest free-agent addition for at least the next two months.</p><p>“Everything's starting to slow down,” Thieneman said.
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- <p>Tuesday night, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >Bears</a> rookie receiver Zavion Thomas sent veteran Kalif Raymond a video of the ankle exercises he does every night before bed.</p><p>Typically during <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/08/06/bears-training-camp-report-day-8-qb-caleb-williams-sharper-bryson-graham-nfl-bulls" target="_blank" >training camp</a>, it’s the other way around.</p><p>“It's a vet-type mindset to be disciplined and do something like that,” said Raymond, who is entering his 10<sup>th</sup> season in the NFL but first with the Bears. “And when he showed me that video, I was just happy to know that that's who he is.”</p><p>The speedster’s focus — he follows Raymond around like a pilot fish — is one of the most encouraging rookie developments during training camp.
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Rating the Bears' rookies during training camp
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