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Even as coach Matt Eberflus touted the Bears’ offseason attendance Thursday, the team’s two highest-paid players, in terms of 2024 salary cap hits, weren’t at Halas Hall. Neither was their seventh-highest paid player. Or last year’s No. 1 draft pick.
The Bears practiced Thursday without wide receiver Keenan Allen, defensive end Montez Sweat, right guard Nate Davis and right tackle Darnell Wright. Receiver/returner Velus Jones wasn’t there, either.
Organized team activities are voluntary — and increasingly so in recent years. Eberflus said every player on his roster has been inside Halas Hall during the team’s offseason program, if not this week.