Chicago Bears Training Camp: Gervon Dexter shining, Zacch Pickens quiet

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesFans initially got excited when the Chicago Bears spent two day-two picks on Florida DT Gervon Dexter and South Carolina DT Zacch Pickens.

But in the days after the draft, Dexter received a lot of criticism from both the traditional and online media about his slow first step and his pad level. Pickens did not receive the same level of criticism.

Matt Eberflus said he wasn’t worried about either of those items and pointed towards Florida’s read-and-react defensive scheme as the reason, but he did comment on it during training camp, saying that both those issues needed improvement from Dexter.

But as training camp continued, Dexter began to impress both Bears…