Putting down the phone: Chicago Bears discuss time away from their mobile devices

Graphic by Bob Peters Zach Miller’s cell phone buzzed over and over again, but he wasn’t nearby. By the time he retrieved it, there were nearly 400 text messages to read.

That’s what happens when you make a one-handed, game-winning touchdown catch on national television while your phone is sitting in a locker for four hours.

“I returned every single freaking one of them, from the flight from San Diego until the time it took us to get back,” Miller said, recalling a Monday night win over the Chargers during the 2015 season. But even the simple act of responding to a text can be difficult, when there are so many. “And it irritates you because if you scroll all the way to the bottom, you have to…