As he walked off the Bears’ practice field Wednesday, Eddie Jackson laughed when he was asked if it was too soon to be playing football again.
“No,” he said. “It’s too long of a break from it.”
After the best season of his career, albeit with a heartbreaking finish — he earned first-team all-pro honors but missing the final two games of the regular season, and the team’s playoff loss, with a high-ankle ankle sprain — Jackson knows there’s plenty of room to improve.
“Still getting better at tackling,” he said. “Understanding the playbook — it’s a new defensive coordinator with [Chuck Pagano].