The Chicago Bears will need their revamped coaching staff to live up to the hype for the team to reach its goals in 2025.

The excitement surrounding first-year Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson has been palpable among fans over the last few months. The energy he has brought has come through even during press conferences and interviews,

But Friday was a chance for the Chicago Bears ' coaching staff to get back on the field with rookie minicamp. What the coaches want to do this summer, and how they want to enact it, starts this weekend.

While Chicago Bears rookie wide receiver Luther Burden III went through rookie minicamp, it's safe to say he didn't love the number on his practice jersey. The Missouri product wore No. 3 for the Tigers, but jumped all the way up to No. 87 with the Bears. And when he was asked how he landed on No. 87, he couldn't help but laugh.

B/R NFL scout Dame Parson described Burden before the draft as a "explosive and dynamic run-after-catch threat" who would "benefit from being linked to a creative offensive coordinator who will utilize his full skill set to help the offense."

Already, with the New York Knicks and their Villanova-built team riding high up 2-0 over the Boston Celtics in the second round, Knicks fans think Pope Leo XIV's Villanova ties are a good omen. Of course, Pope Leo is originally from Chicago, and we had immediate clarity about him actually being a Chicago Cubs fan, which tracks.

The first American-born pope's sports loyalties have been widely debated. Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams needed just two words as he weighed in the new pontiff.