Friday’s second open-media OTA practice at Halas Hall was a little different than last week’s “bumpy” affair for Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams.
Facing a defense without four of his five starting secondary members (Jaylon Johnson, Jaquan Brisker, Kyler Gordon, and Kevin Byard), Williams and the offense engineered a game-winning drive in the first situational work of the offseason program.
The Bears’ offense got the ball at their own 30-yard line, trailing by two with 1:30 left.
Houston took a twin-track approach this offseason, trying to balance a championship window with maintaining future flexibility.
After an unexpected playoff run, with the top two rookies in the league, oodles of cap space and no first-round pick, it would have been easy to toss money around like a nepo baby in Cabo.
But the Texans showed restraint.
They didn’t splurge away their cap space by tying expensive veterans to long-term deals.
Instead, they traded for wantaway stars, picked up a couple of ring-chasing veterans and took punts on fallen blue-chip prospects.
They traded for Stefon Diggs to beef up their receiving corps, and made another deal for running back Joe Mixon.
In free agency, they signed edge-rusher Danielle Hunter, defensive lineman Denico Autry, linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair and cornerback Jeff Okudah, a former first-round pick.
