The Chicago Bears welcomed a second AFC East team to Halas Hall on Friday, as the Buffalo Bills came to Lake Forest for a second and final joint practice.
Like the first joint practice with Miami, the Bears found themselves using the practice as a benchmark to see where the team is in relation to putting an offense together and piecing together the 11 best players to start on both sides of the ball.
This time, they were doing it against a Super Bowl-contending team.
Here are our Bears takeaways and standout players from Friday's joint practice with the Buffalo Bills.
A rise in energy
Compared to last week's joint practice with Miami, the Bills seemed like they had brought a completely different energy to Halas Hall.
It seemed like they were intentionally holding and goading the Bears