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‘Let’s be savages’: Bears buoyed by ‘brotherhood’ with past greats

Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan returned to work Tuesday as the Bears’ opened their veteran mini-camp at Halas Hall. But like many of his teammates, he was still reveling in that glorious Weekend100 Celebration Weekend in Rosemont.

Trevathan already has a Super Bowl ring — he was the Broncos’ leading tackler in their Super Bowl 50 victory over the Panthers. But hobnobbing with Dick Butkus and Mike Singletary and other former players from the Bears’ glorious past put his Bears’ tenure into an even sharper focus.

“Man, just to be around them gave me goosebumps,” Trevathan said. “I know I’m in the right place, man — linebacker.