BOURBONNAIS, Ill. — Much of the Bears offseason was devoted to surrounding quarterback Mitch Trubisky with weapons. Now a focus is ensuring that he isn’t surrounded by bad guys with ill intent.
That has been on display.
Sometimes one particular one-on-one matchup has you leaning a little forward in anticipation. Such is the one in one-on-one pass protection drill when center Cody Whitehair gets over the ball and nose tackle Eddie Goldman gets into his three-point stance head-up on Whitehair.
On Friday, the two central figures on their respective lines split their two reps. Goldman, lighter at 318 pounds than in any of his previous two Bears camps, registered a clear win with a speed move to get by Whitehair, who allowed just one sack on 964 snaps in 2017, according to Pro Football Focus.