‘Hard Knocks’ selects Bears for 2024 training camp docu-series, will feature No. 1 pick Caleb Williams

The Bears have a lot riding on Caleb Williams. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The Chicago Bears are the “Hard Knocks” team for the 2024 NFL training camp, which means viewers will get an inside look at Caleb Williams’ rookie season.

NFL Films announced the selection Thursday, with the first episode to come on Aug. 6. It will be the first time Chicago is featured on the 23-year-old show.

The Bears were one of three teams that could be picked to be on the show, alongside the Denver Broncos and New Orleans Saints.

Under previous NFL rules, teams could be selected to do the show if they a) didn’t have a first-year head coach, b) didn’t make the playoffs in the past two years and c) hadn’t done the show in the past 10 years. However, change is coming, as NFL owners voted in March to remove the playoff requirement and shorten the waiting period to eight years, while also making teams ineligible if they were doing the in-season version.

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Team chairman George McCaskey flatly said the team didn’t want to do it in March. Here’s what head coach Matt Eberflus had to say about it in an NFL press release:

“Our players, coaches and staff are excited to continue the process of building for the 2024 season,” said Matt Eberflus, Chicago Bears head coach.

Feel the excitement.

There will be three versions of ‘Hard Knocks’ this year

In addition to the traditional ‘Hard Knocks’ covering Bears training camp, there will be two additional versions of the show.

The New York Giants were announced earlier this month to be the subjects of an offseason version of the show, which figures to offer an inside look at the team’s approach to the scouting combine, free agency and the NFL Draft. That will premiere on July 2.

There will also be the return of the in-season version of the show, which covered the Miami Dolphins last season. Rather than one team being on the in-season show this season, four teams will be selected, as this year’s…

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Publish date : 2024-05-30 21:02:00

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