Just spoke with a Bears source and can provide context on @JayGlazer's report about Tyrique Stevenson leaving practice Wednesday upon finding out he would not start vs. Arizona.
Bears coaches/execs arrived at the decision to not start Stevenson on Tuesday and relayed that to the cornerback before Wednesday's practice, which was a walk thru. I'm told that Stevenson did leave practice after the stretching period to gather himself after learning of his demotion from the starting lineup but returned to practice after a couple minutes inside the locker room and came back out for the team periods during walk thru. While Stevenson's teammates have expressed frustrations over how things went down in Washington, there wasn't anything confrontational due to the cornerback leaving walk thru before returning.
The plan for Stevenson today will be to rotate in, similar to how the Bears used Terell Smith in Washington (23 snaps) last week. This isn't a permanent benching by any means. Sources I spoke with this morning and this week have indicated to me that the Bears have strong belief in Stevenson and want to help hold him accountable and allow him to move past his actions that took away his focus from the Commanders game.
Huge shoutout to 🔸Jocelyn Leigh (Class of 2024)🔹who was named an 2023-24 High School All-American.⚡️⚽️
Being named an All-American in high school athletics is a prestigious honor that means a student-athlete is among the best in the nation in their sport. Jocelyn is one of 43 players recognized nationwide, and will go on to play at @LoyolaChicago. #ETownProud