Precaution prevailed Wednesday night as the Bears moved a practice to the football stadium of Vernon Hills High School, with the result that rookie linebacker Roquan Smith is now a longshot to make his professional debut this weekend in Soldier Field, or possibly not even before opening day against the Green Bay Packers.
Smith, who had to leave practice on Tuesday with hamstring soreness, did warmups and some individual drills but then adjourned to the sidelines to do some light running while his teammates went through a practice without pads before a crowd estimated around 5,000.