Key takeaways from Day 8 of Chicago Bears training camp

The eighth practice of Chicago Bears training camp is in the books, this time a closed practice held indoors. After back-to-back practices that the offense would rather forget, Caleb Williams and his crew rebounded nicely on Monday.

Here are some of the main takeaways from Day 8 of Bears training camp.

Caleb Williams is rounding into form.

On Saturday, Williams had a particularly rough day that included back-to-back interceptions. On Monday, he was much sharper and more decisive and threw two encouraging touchdowns, including an anticipatory throw in traffic to fellow rookie Rome Odunze.

Caleb Williams with some HIGHLY impressive touch in a red zone session Monday at Halas Hall.

During 11-on-11, he lofted two touchdown passes perfectly over the outstretched arms of defenders, connecting with Keenan Allen and Rome Odunze for six points.

— Sean Hammond (@sean_hammond) July 29, 2024

Offense is cleaning up its act

During the weekend practices, the offense was penalized multiple times. On Monday, that was cleaned up.

Zero false starts. Yes, that matters.

Waldron is emphasizing the two minute offense and cleaning up the presnap miscues from the weekend. Things looked much smoother today.

— Brendan Sugrue (@BrendanSugrue) July 29, 2024

Key starters are still not practicing.

With preseason games rapidly approaching, it’s time to start worrying just a little about a couple of key starters, most notably Kyler Gordon and Nate Davis. Neither has been practicing recently due to injuries. They don’t sound like major injuries, but whatever the issues are, they’re causing these guys to miss valuable reps.

Davis especially can’t afford to miss much more practice. He’s on thin ice.

Bears practice just wrapped. Light day.

Caleb Williams had two brilliant TD throws — one to Rome Odunze and one to Keenan Allen — during red zone work.

Only one delay of game penalty. zero false starts.

No Kyler Gordon, Nate Davis, Jacob Martin, Travis Homer, Nsimba…

— Josh Schrock (@Schrock_And_Awe) July 29, 2024

We’ll have more updates and clips from Day 8 of Chicago Bears training camp here on Bears Talk.