Three positions to watch when Bears host Browns in preseason opener
<p>Three positions to watch Saturday when the Bears host the Browns at noon at Soldier Field:</p><h3>Left tackle</h3><p>With Braxton Jones out with a knee injury, the Bears will start Kiran Amegadjie and have him alternate quarters with Jedrick Wills.</p><p>Jones, when healthy, is the favorite to win the job. Saturday is a big opportunity for Wills, a former Browns first-round pick, and Amegadie to improve their status.</p><p>“There are too many things that are just not being done well enough,” offensive line coach Dan Roushar said.</p><h3>Wide receiver</h3><p>If the absence of Luther Burden and Zavion Thomas has made the receiver room slower, Ben Johnson hasn’t felt it.
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<p>Three positions to watch Saturday when the Bears host the Browns at noon at Soldier Field:</p><h3>Left tackle</h3><p>With Braxton Jones out with a knee injury, the Bears will start Kiran Amegadjie and have him alternate quarters with Jedrick Wills.</p><p>Jones, when healthy, is the favorite to win the job. Saturday is a big opportunity for Wills, a former Browns first-round pick, and Amegadie to improve their status.</p><p>“There are too many things that are just not being done well enough,” offensive line coach Dan Roushar said.</p><h3>Wide receiver</h3><p>If the absence of Luther Burden and Zavion Thomas has made the receiver room slower, Ben Johnson hasn’t felt it. That’s a credit to UFL alum Kaden Davis, whom Johnson said “has made plays almost every single day,” and veteran Scotty Miller.</p><p>The two are competing for the Bears’ sixth wide receiver spot.</p><h3>Defensive tackle</h3><p>The Bears have tried to get rookie Jordan van den Berg, a sixth-round pick, to slow down in practice. His physicality, though, has earned him reps with the first team.</p><p>“I play with violence,” he said.</p><p>Saturday, for the first time, they’ll see how that translates to game action.</p>
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- <p>Three positions to watch Saturday when the Bears host the Browns at noon at Soldier Field:</p><h3>Left tackle</h3><p>With Braxton Jones out with a knee injury, the Bears will start Kiran Amegadjie and have him alternate quarters with Jedrick Wills.</p><p>Jones, when healthy, is the favorite to win the job. Saturday is a big opportunity for Wills, a former Browns first-round pick, and Amegadie to improve their status.</p><p>“There are too many things that are just not being done well enough,” offensive line coach Dan Roushar said.</p><h3>Wide receiver</h3><p>If the absence of Luther Burden and Zavion Thomas has made the receiver room slower, Ben Johnson hasn’t felt it.
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