Chicago Bears: Position battles to watch during 2019 training camp

With training camp approaching for the Chicago Bears, there are some positional battles that should be interesting to watch.

The Chicago Bears‘ 2019 season is just about in our sights now. OTAs are done. Mandatory minicamp is getting underway. Then, after a break, training camp starts on July 24. After that, the preseason games start and before you know it the Bears face the Green Bay Packers in the season opener.

Last offseason, the Bears did an overhaul of the team and it got them 12 wins and the NFC North title. They didn’t go on the extended playoff run we expected, however.

This offseason, the Bears did some tweaking. They added players who could help a little more to try to get them over the hump. In addition, they made some big decisions on letting key players walk. Players like Adrian Amos and Bryce Callahan left through free agency, and the team traded away popular running back Jordan Howard. The gamble is that the players who replaced them will be the answer to a long playoff run.

As we wait for training camp to begin, we look at certain positional battles that are sure to be interesting. There are players fighting to win the starter’s job, others trying to get into the rotation, and some just trying to stay on the roster. With the team being so good, those battles should be hotly contested. Players will try to be at their best so they can help the team the most.

Those who lose out, in the end, shouldn’t fret, though. Most of those battles have players who are pretty evenly matched, and even if one doesn’t win a starting spot, he should keep working. Some of the players who win the battle might not be the ones who ultimately win the war. There were players last season who weren’t starters at the beginning who ended up being so at the end.

Here are some key positional battles we should be watching once training camp begins.