It wasn’t exactly the endorsement you were hoping for from Ben Johnson regarding his starting left tackle.

The usually transparent Bears head coach was asked if someone stood out and earned the position.

“I think we’re going to have a starter for Week 1, and we’ll go from there,” Johnson said.

This wasn’t coachspeak or Johnson wanting to hide who the winner of the competition was; he was being transparent again and telling the group who competed that he wasn’t impressed. How could he be?

Call it a blind spot for the blind side.

I want to believe the Bears are ready to take the next step and become a winning team, but when you miscalculate like this at left tackle and at edge rusher, it’s tough to earn the benefit of the doubt.

Of the three competitors who entered the competition at

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