Bear Necessities: Recapping the first week of 2023 OTAs

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What’s the latest with the Chicago Bears?

The Bears kicked off Organized Team Activities last week, which included three of 10 practices ahead of mandatory minicamp. One of those practices was open to the media, which gave us some storylines to digest.

Here’s a look at the most recent and relevant Bears stories for the week of May 21.

Latest Bears news

OTAs recap

• 7 takeaways from Day 2 of Bears’ 2023 OTAs

• Bears highlights from first week of OTAs

• Bears’ starting offensive line on Day 2 of 2023 OTAs

• Photos from second day of Bears 2023 OTAs

• Bears OTAs: Notes, videos, player pressers from Day 2

OTAs headlines

• Bears WR Chase Claypool drawing rave reviews from Justin Fields and Matt Eberflus

• Bears’ Justin Fields, DJ Moore building chemistry in OTAs

• Bears’ Justin Fields already making impression on newcomer Tremaine Edmunds

• Is Bears CB Jaylon Johnson’s OTA absence cause for concern?

• Bears QB Justin Fields: ‘I’m not worried about contracts, I’m worried about wins’

• Bears QB Justin Fields reveals what he’s focusing on this offseason

• Justin Fields never believed Bears were going to draft a QB at No. 1

• Bears HC Matt Eberflus shares thoughts on NFL’s new kickoff rule

• Bears’ Matt Eberflus believes there’s a positive with two Thursday night games

OTAs preview

• Bears’ 53-man roster projection as OTAs get underway

• 7 things to watch as Bears begin OTAs

• Bears’ 90-man offseason roster by jersey number ahead of OTAs

• Bears’ 2023 projected depth chart as OTAs get underway

Other headlines

• Experts hand out grades for Bears’ 2023 offseason

• David Montgomery says losing with Bears ‘sucked the fun’ out of football

• Finding non-football comparisons for all 32 NFL starting quarterbacks

• 32 NFL veterans who could lose their jobs to rookies in 2023

• NFL.com projects surprise running back as starter for Bears

• NFL owners approve flex scheduling for Thursday Night Football

• Bears RB Roschon Johnson signs rookie contract

• Bears WR Darnell Mooney’s new mindset: ‘I’m just disrespecting everybody now’

• One NFL analyst believes NFC North has best QB group in conference

• Bears LT Braxton Jones dubbed breakout candidate in 2023

Around the NFC North

• Green Bay selected as host site for 2025 NFL draft. Read more on Packers Wire.

• Justin Jefferson’s absence, an aggressive defense and other OTA observations. Read more on Vikings Wire.

• NFL investigating another Lions player in gambling probe. Read more on Lions Wire.

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Story originally appeared on Bears Wire