The Chicago Bears will be the featured team on HBO’s summer “Hard Knocks,” which will spotlight them during training camp and preseason leading into an exciting 2024 season.
It’s a thrilling time for Bears fans after general manager Ryan Poles made some big moves, including the additions of first-round rookies Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze and veteran Keenan Allen.
NFL Films senior producer and director Shannon Furman spoke with NBC Sports Chicago about what she’s excited to highlight during summer “Hard Knocks,” which includes spotlighting a charter franchise.
“We’re all excited to have a team that’s been around since the start of the NFL,” Furman said.
“It’s a deep history. We’re going to try to include some of that into the show this summer.
“I mean, Chicago’s a great city, it’s a great city to be in in the summertime.
I know we’re excited to be able to be there and not be somewhere where we’re roasting hot.
My first one was in Houston, that might have been the hottest it’s ever been for ‘Hard Knocks.’
Went to Tampa two years later. So that was pretty, pretty aggressive, too.”
There’s no doubt Williams, the No. 1 overall pick, will be the focal point of “Hard Knocks.”
But there will be plenty of focus elsewhere, including the wide receiver room which features one of the league’s best with DJ Moore, Allen and Odunze.
“One of our position groups we’re most excited about is probably the wide receiver room,” Furman said.
“DJ Moore, his daughter we’ve seen, we think that she’s going to be a lot of fun.”
