With veterans reporting to Chicago Bears training camp on Tuesday, the top position battles to keep an eye on will also naturally ramp up. A sneaky one is the battle for the No. 3/slot wide receiver role, with second-round rookie Luther Burden the easy favorite since the moment he was drafted.
Burden then missed all of OTAs and rookie minicamp with what head coach Ben Johnson called a soft tissue injury. Caution is the word when it comes to injuries like that during May and June, and even to some degree in training camp, if/when they occur.