The Bears’ last true preseason practice wrapped up on Tuesday but not without a handful of punch-filled skirmishes, the best indicator of some mounting tension over either jobs, the Cleveland Browns or maybe even the Green Bay Packers looming in Week 1.
One swinging match broke out among Ego Ferguson, Charles Leno, Lucas Nix and Willie Young. In another, Martellus Bennett and David Bass went at each other in an extension of a dust-up among other players.
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"I got about 15 extra seconds of rest time, so from a personal standpoint, it was a nice little break,” Kyle Long deadpanned, then stated the harsh reality.