Chicago Bears: Eberflus Warns Players To Stay In Shape During Break

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Eberflus wants his players to take their six-week break seriously and come to training camp in shape.

The Chicago Bears recently finished their veteran minicamp. They now have six weeks to enjoy some time off. There is no time required at camps until July 26th.

There is a lot the players could do in that time. On their last day of minicamp, however, head coach Matt Eberflus warned his players not to overindulge during their free time.

When general manager Ryan Poles and Eberflus took over, they discussed having more athletic players on the roster. They want to pound the opposition for 60 minutes and wear them out.

That even extended to the offensive linemen. In the past, previous coaches wanted to have the big lumbering lineman to protect the quarterback and open holes. That, obviously, hasn’t worked. Now, though, Poles and Eberflus want to have a lean and mean offensive line unit that can do more than lumber around.

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Eberflus doesn’t want his players to forget their goal

Eberflus doesn’t want his players to forget what the goal is — to make the team and help win games. While they aren’t around the team facilities and the coaches, they still need to work and be ready for training camp.

When training camp begins, Eberflus and the rest of the coaching staff will be working the players hard. This is when the real work begins. The camps were great but they didn’t even have pads. In training camp, they’ll go 100 percent. There will be no time for the players to get in shape. If they aren’t already prepared to work hard, they’ll be left behind.

The summer for these guys is going to be important and the message I said after practice to them was come back lean, fit and strong. I left them with, ‘get your track shoes on,’ because we’re going to be running once we get to training camp…Training camp’s not to get in shape. You should already be in shape. You should be ready to go for training camp because we are blowing and going from Day 1.

Eberflus also told his players to be careful about who they hang with. They need to think about what they do before acting. This is something that could have helped wide receiver Byron Pringle. He was arrested earlier in the offseason after doing donuts on a Florida street with his son in the backseat.

While the players are off and have free time, they have to keep their eyes on the goal of helping the latest version of the Chicago Bears rebuild. There are many roster openings to battle for so the players have to be ready as soon as training camp opens.