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MINNEAPOLIS — John Beam wanted to get his steps in. That was the premise for taking one of his many college proteges, Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright, up and down Magnificent Mile for hours last month. The real reason, of course, was for teacher and pupil to catch up the night before the Bears hosted the Saints.
Beam, who coached Wright at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., came to Chicago last month to watch the Bears cornerback face off against his brother Rezjohn, who played for the Saints.
“We rarely talked about football,” Nashshon Wright said Sunday.