Dolphins player calls out Bears for 'fake' toughness

First things first, there is absolutely no way the Dolphins prepared for a soft, easy practice while the Bears planned for a tough, hard practice. Before these joint sessions, the head coaches always communicate their plans to each other exactly so that there are no surprises once the players are on the field.

Barring a catastrophic breakdown in communications between Johnson and Miami head coach Mike McDaniel, or between McDaniel and his own staff and players, there is simply no way that Chicago's physicality could have taken Miami by surprise. Even in such an event, McDaniel could have told Johnson he misunderstood the assignment and asked him to ease up.

Second, Brewers goes on to say that we 'saw what happened in the real game', suggesting that the Dolphins got the better of Chicago in the preseason game. I'm sorry, but did we watch the same game? It ended in a 24-24 tie, so no one got the better of the other. Well, except of course for Chicago's backup defense against Miami's starting offense. They held Tagovailoa and the other starters out of the endzone with a huge goal-line stand.

It bears repeating that these were Chicago's backups. Noah Sewell, the linebacker who made the 4th and goal tackle, was considered to be on the roster bubble for much of training camp. We even saw a former fifth-round pick earn the game's highest PFF grade for the Bears, defensive end Austin Booker, after racking up 3 sacks and a forced fumble.

For what it's worth, the Bears ran the exact same physical practice against the Buffalo Bills. The only difference was the Bills rose to the occasion in practice and matched Chicago's toughness. Sounds to me like this is more of a Miami problem than a Chicago problem.