Bears HC Ben Johnson said the team has a vision for third-round WR Zavion Thomas and said that he can be used on special teams, as a receiver on offense and out of the backfield.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has a unique skillset, just in terms of him being a 4.2 (40-yard dash) guy,\u201d Johnson said, via Bears Wire<\/a>. \u201cThose guys don\u2019t grow on trees. It\u2019s easy to look at because that flashes up and everyone sees it, but yet, when you turn on the tape, it\u2019s more than just being able to run deep routes. The versatility that he showed both at Mississippi State and at LSU, from the backfield, whether it\u2019s running routes or getting hand-offs. Then, the returning aspect of it. I think it all adds up. (Wide Receivers) Coach (Antwaan) Randle El, myself, (Offensive Coordinator) Press Taylor, we all have a vision of how this guy could really help us. As I talked about, it\u2019s a compliment to what Rome does best, what Luther does best, Kalif (Raymond) does best. He\u2019s a guy that we really feel like can play a key component in what we want to do this year.\u201d<\/p>\n The Packers lost key figures to their offensive line this offseason, like OT Rasheed Walker<\/a> and C Elgton Jenkins<\/a>. Green Bay OC Adam Stenavich confirmed that second-year OT Jordan Morgan<\/a> will be their left tackle in 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m excited about him being over there. I thought last year he showed flashes of being able to be a good left tackle in this league when we had him out there. Last year, Rasheed (Walker) was out for a little while in preseason, so we moved Jordan to left tackle and he did a great job. He played in preseason against some pretty good defensive linemen from the Colts, and I saw him play and I was like: \u2018Yeah he\u2019s ready\u2019. We had to use him in other spots last year because that\u2019s what was best for the team but I\u2019m excited for him this year and what he\u2019s gonna do,\u201d\u00a0Stenavich said, via PackersWire<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for the center spot, Stenavich said he was impressed by Sean Rhyan<\/a> last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWhen we lost Elgton (Jenkins), he stepped up and just kind of took control of it. There were mistakes for sure, but as we progressed through the season, he just kept getting better and better and better, and I thought this was probably his best position.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding fifth-round C Jager Burton, Stenavich is confident that he can become a quality player in the NFL and is excited about his potential.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s really athletic, that was the cool thing going through watching him. He\u2019s got a lot of really good traits to be a center in the NFL. Really strong kid, he plays with a lot of strength, good base, so I\u2019m excited about him. He has a lot of really good qualities that you\u2019re looking for in an offensive lineman in the NFL.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding Vikings\u2019 third-round S Jakobe Thomas, Miami DC Corey Hetherman thinks Thomas will fit well into Minnesota\u2019s defensive system.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHis style of play, and their style of loading the box and doing different things with the safeties and being multiple, is ideal,\u201d Hetherman said, via Alec Lewis of The Athletic<\/a>. \u201cHe was also a guy who didn\u2019t come in until August, and he picked it up quickly. So, you\u2019d think he\u2019d do the same there.\u201d<\/p>\n Miami S coach Will Harris called Thomas the \u201cenforcer\u201d of their defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI say that all the time,\u201d Harris said. \u201cHe was our enforcer. We always talked about enforcing your will on your opponent, and he did that.\u201d<\/p>\n As for fifth-round FB Max Bredeson, Michigan TEs coach Steve Casulas highly praised him as a \u201cgenerational\u201d type of blocker.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cHe comes off like he\u2019s just this see-person, hit-person guy,\u201d Casula said. \u201cBut (his) football intelligence and understanding of leverage and angles, and how to hit someone or move someone, is, like, generational.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking for the latest NFL Insider News & Rumors?<\/p>\n Be sure to follow NFL Trade Rumors<\/a> on X.com<\/a>\u00a0and FACEBOOK<\/a>\u00a0for breaking NFL News and Rumors for all 32 teams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bears HC Ben Johnson said the team has a vision for third-round WR Zavion Thomas and said that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[319838,319839,64,63,22816,319840,9840,319841,319842,116313,176411,30572,297788,593,319843,211070,22812,201779,85,319844,165396,319845],"class_list":["post-662303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-adam-stenavich","tag-antwaan-randle-el","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-ben-johnson","tag-corey-hetherman","tag-elgton-jenkins","tag-jager-burton","tag-jakobe-thomas","tag-jordan-morgan","tag-kalif-raymond","tag-luther-burden","tag-max-bredeson","tag-nfl","tag-press-taylor","tag-rasheed-walker","tag-rome-odunze","tag-sean-rhyan","tag-sports","tag-steve-casula","tag-will-harris","tag-zavion-thomas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}