Bears coach Matt Eberflus announced the team’s four captains for the upcoming season, which starts Sunday against the 49ers: quarterback Justin Fields, linebacker Roquan Smith, left guard Cody Whitehair and defensive end Robert Quinn.
“It’s a function of leadership,” Eberflus said. “The first rule of leadership is leading yourself... and those guys have done a good job of that.
“That says a lot about those guys and what their peers think of them.”
The team held a vote among players this week for the four permanent captains, and Eberflus will rotate in one additional player per week.