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Just two days into padded practices in training camp on Aug. 2, the Bears defense was feeling it.
With safeties Eddie Jackson and Jaquan Brisker leading the way, the defense was in mid-season form emotionally — playing with an edge, a verve and a swagger that made Justin Fields and the offense look timid by comparison.
“There a lot of guys that bring a lot of juice,” Jackson said that first week of August.