The Bears’ training camp math is different this year.
Rather than starting with a 90-man roster, they began training camp with 80. After they cut the roster down to 53 on Sept. 5, they’ll be able to invite more people back. Practice squads will have 16 players this year, up from 10.
The reasons: to save money, and then retain flexibility, in the face of the coronavirus.
That won’t make the decisions easy, though. With the Bears preparing to hold their first padded practice Monday at Halas Hall, the Sun-Times’ Patrick Finley handicaps who will make the 53-man roster:
OFFENSE
Quarterbacks (3 players)
They’ll likely keep: 2.