Chalk Talk: How has Javon Wims performed?

[Staley Da Bear]

With Matt Nagy becoming head coach last year, there was a lot of talk about all the players learning a new offense. How is Cordarrelle Patterson doing in that regard in his first year with the Bears?
Todd P.
Arlington, Virginia


Matt Nagy is very pleased with the grasp that Cordarrelle Patterson has on the offense in his first training camp with the Bears. Nagy is also making sure that he doesn’t put too much on Patterson’s plate, which is something that could happen given that the versatile playmaker is expected to contribute in multiple roles on offense and special teams. Here’s what Nagy recently had to say about Patterson: ‘Cordarrelle has done a really good job at taking in this offense. Going into it we were just kind of learning who he was: Is he a certain position in the offense? Does he have multiple positions? What can he handle mentally? So far he's passing the test. I love where he's at. Mentally, I think that he's in a real good spot. But what I need to do and we need to do as coaches is make sure the overload thing doesn’t happen because it’s easy sometimes to find a toy and want to use it all the time. We have a lot of toys we feel like but we've got to make sure that we use them right.”


I’ve heard Bears coach Matt Nagy talk about a 10-10-10 practice. What exactly is that?
Ray F.
Somerset, Kentucky


It’s a practice where plays are run off cards versus the offense and defense rather than each unit competing against each other with their own plays as is the case in the majority of training camp practices. The 10-10-10 refers to 10 plays for the offense, 10 plays for the defense and 10 minutes of special teams. The Bears repeat that three times. The 10-10-10 practices are usually shorter (and less interesting to watch) than regular training camp workouts.