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Jason Lieser

Chicago Bears reporter

Jason Lieser covers the Chicago Bears for the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Bears face three teams that had winning records in their first four games and have all their NFC North showdowns between Weeks 11 and 18.
The Sun-Times’ Bears experts — Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash — break down the team’s dynamic offseason to this point.
Benedet has a long way to go, but the Bears are optimistic he can climb from undrafted rookie to part of their future.
On top of everything else that sparks optimism at Halas Hall right now, Williams showed up to rookie minicamp well ahead of where most players in his position would be.
There was never any doubt, but it does signal a smarter approach than they took with Justin Fields and Mitch Trubisky.
Williams has been working on learning and practicing the Bears’ offense for at least a month.
As the organization checks major boxes on its list, it still will spend this coming season evaluating whether it has the right guy in Eberflus. He has no more margin for mistakes.
The Bears began signing undrafted free agents not long after the end of the NFL Draft on Saturday.