Chicago Bears

BIG QUESTION: Can Glennon nail down a starting job? No team invested more at quarterback this offseason. Mike

Glennon received a three-year, $45 million deal roughly six weeks before Chicago moved up one spot to secure Mitch Tru

bisky with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft. The Bears said after the pick the plan was for Glennon to be the starter and Trubisky, a one-year starter at North Carolina with 13 starts, to be brought along slowly. But it’ll be a delicate balance getting Glennon, who has 11 total attempts the last two seasons, ready without neglecting their future at the position in Trubisky. And what happens if Glennon and the Bears struggle out of the gate, when they play three 2016 postseason clubs in the first four weeks and don’t see a team that had a losing record last season until Week 7? The cries from Bears fans for the rookie will be deafening.

KEY PLAYER: The best way to deflect pressure from the quarterback situation is feeding RB Jordan Howard, whose 1,313 rushing yards in 2016 was second in the NFL and the most by a Bears rookie in franchise history. Howard averaged a robust 5.2 yards per carry, but he didn’t become the full-time starter until Week 4. Howard’s mission is to improve on passing downs to become one of the game’s premier feature backs. POSITION BATTLES: Kendall Wright and Victor Cruz are former 1,000-yard receivers with chips on their shoulder after unceremonious departures from their original teams. … There are two new starting boundary corners, Prince Amukamara and Marcus Cooper, but the nickelback job will be contested by two promising young players, Bryce

Callahan and Cre’Von LeBlanc.