Bears rookie WR gives Vikings some Week 1 bulletin board material

For anyone confused, the phrase "belt to a**" means metaphorically whooping an opponent by beating them badly on the field. Burden was expressing confidence that the Bears are going to take it to the Vikings in their Week 1 matchup.

There's nothing wrong with a 21-year-old rookie believing in his new team, but there's also a lot of time before the game happens — which means that clip may or may not get played in a Minnesota meeting room once or twice before September 8.

Burden was the 39th overall pick out of Missouri in this year's draft. A dynamic athlete who had a huge sophomore season in 2023, he has a chance to be a major weapon for Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams moving forward. However, he missed the Bears' offseason program with a soft-tissue injury and wasn't present at the team's first training camp pratice on Wednesday.

There's going to be no shortage of buzz and excitement and storylines for the Vikings-Bears showdown on Monday night in just under seven weeks. It'll be J.J. McCarthy's first start and Johnson's first game as a head coach. Despite very different 2024 seasons (14 wins for Minnesota versus 5 for Chicago), both teams are going to come into this season with high hopes, and this will be the first opportunity to evaluate where they're at. It's a key divisional matchup in primetime right out of the gates.

Bring on all the trash talk.