Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead from Episode 4 of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears.” The penultimate episode of “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears” was awkwardly timed Tuesday. That’s the nature of the beast sometimes in the NFL.
And the cruelty of the league spares no one. That much was clear in the fourth installment of the series, which brought viewers deeper into the stories of two players who were cut earlier in the day — quarterback Austin Reed and safety Adrian Colbert — and another, running back Ian Wheeler, whose rookie season was abruptly derailed by a season-ending injury. With only one episode left and the regular season arriving next week, here’s a look at the most notable moments from Tuesday’s “Hard Knocks.
” The NFL Films crew, led by director Shannon Furman , put on a master class during a segment Tuesday that served as the lead-in to last week’s preseason finale game in Kansas City. For three-plus minutes, the episode skillfully toggled back and forth between the meditative zen of Adrian Colbert and the raw intensity of Travis Bagent. Back and forth we went from Colbert to Bagent, Colbert to Bagent, Colbert to Bagent, the yin and yang of emotional expression.
In one moment, viewers were flies on the wall in Colbert’s hotel room as he created a calming hum with a set of sound bowls. “It cleans the energy in the space around you and within you,” the safety said. Chicago Bears have set their initial.