Kyle Monangai sounds ready to seize the opportunity he has quickly earned

Kara Durrette/GettyImagesAs he wrapped up mandatory minicamp in early June, Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson was reticent to single out any players as standouts. But he did name four players when lightly pushed to do so, and one name stood out.

"In the running back room, Kyle Monangai has really stepped up", Johnson said. "I appreciate the attention to detail and the pride he takes and how quickly he's picking things up."

The hypothetical opportunity Monangai, the seventh-round rookie out of Rutgers, had to become the Bears' No. 2 running back became something real right then.

Training camp, when pads came on, stood to be a time when Monangai could further assert himself for an immediate,…