5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs

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5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs Jun 14, 2021 18:59:47 GMT -6 riczaj01, shark86, and 2 more like this

Post by JABF on Jun 14, 2021 18:59:47 GMT -6

Good to hear that Sam Mustipher is doing well and added some muscle/power.

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5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs

The Chicago Bears finished the voluntary portion of their offseason OTA program. While this is not a mandatory event, the Bears had great attendance and it was a good chance for plenty of players to get a head start on training camp when the real battles are won.

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MartianBearsFan All-Pro Posts: 3,700 Likes: 3,050	5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs Jun 15, 2021 7:17:34 GMT -6 bears40 likes this Post by MartianBearsFan on Jun 15, 2021 7:17:34 GMT -6 Looks like a lot of players are taking this season more seriously this time around. Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top

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5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs Jun 15, 2021 12:38:00 GMT -6 MartianBearsFan likes this

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Jun 15, 2021 7:17:34 GMT -6 MartianBearsFan said:

Looks like a lot of players are taking this season more seriously this time around.

As much as the fan-base is energized after the draft, I expect that the players could be more hopeful too. As bad as the offense has been here, the team did make the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years. That's with a horrid offense. If the Bears can get the offense fixed, then this is a good team. As important as the money is for players (understandably #1), I gotta figure they don't want to spend their career years on a crappy team. They want to win. They probably want the Bears to be good, even more than us fans do.

I'm hoping this is a great year for the team. A lot can go wrong, or right during a season. Sure would be nice to have the breaks go our way this year. I'm hoping so anyway. We're due.

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5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs Jun 15, 2021 13:35:17 GMT -6 riczaj01 and Whisky Beer Bob like this

Post by JABF on Jun 15, 2021 13:35:17 GMT -6

More about Sam Mustipher. He makes a few interesting comments about how the individuals on OL need to play in sync as a unit. I was thinking about the rookies drafted this year and wondering how long it will take them to get to that point. I'm excited about the two rookies but it may take some time to successfully transition to playing on the Bears OL. Maybe one or both start day-1 though & we'll see an on-the-job learning curve this season. It may not be pretty to watch at first.

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"Mustipher didn't need to watch any film to know that he needed to get bigger and stronger—an objective that he accomplished.

"This offseason was all about gaining strength," Mustipher said. "I put on 10 pounds of lean mass, so it was a great offseason. Now June and July is going to be just trimming the fat down and trying to maintain the muscle I put on to withstand a 17-game season and hopefully longer than that."

For the second straight offseason, Mustipher trained with former Bears center Olin Kreutz, a six-time Pro Bowler in 13 seasons in Chicago from 1998-2010.

"I have a lot of people that I trust and there's a great group of guys that I'm able to train with week in and week out," Mustipher said. "And just being back in the facility with [head strength and conditioning coach Jason Loscalzo] and the guys, that was critical for me. I like to eat and there's a lot of good food in Chicago, so that was definitely critical for putting on the muscle."

Mustipher has enjoyed strengthening the bond on the Bears offensive line this offseason, something that no doubt will pay dividends this fall.

"Offensive line is a unique position in that five guys need to be on the same page on every single snap," Mustipher said. "It takes reps, it takes time, it takes plays, it takes a lot of work, a lot of time. Sometimes it takes more time than we were able to have at the facility. There's a lot of time and effort we put into building relationships and building trust within the unit so that we're seeing things through one set of eyes."

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riczaj01 Administrator Posts: 11,183 Likes: 10,111	5 early winners at Chicago Bears OTAs Jun 15, 2021 13:45:50 GMT -6 JABF likes this Post by riczaj01 on Jun 15, 2021 13:45:50 GMT -6 vet wr, and mooney/kmet were on that list, might be why our franchise wr decided to show. Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top

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