The Bears added to their offensive weapons during the 2025 NFL Draft when they selected Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden, however, early indications in camp have been mixed and came to a head Tuesday when Johnson reportedly kicked the rookie out of practice temporarily.

When the Chicago Bears opened up training camp last week, one player was surprisingly not on the field in second-round rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III. The next morning, head coach Ben Johnson explained that Burden was still dealing with a soft-tissue injury in his hamstring he suffered earlier in the offseason and would be "day-to-day" to start camp.

Before the Chicago Bears took the field for another training camp practice, head coach Ben Johnson spent a few minutes with the local media and answered questions about how it's gone thus far. When he got to a question in regards to wide receiver DJ Moore,