Bears cornerback Nahshon Wright corrals Miami Dolphins running back Alexander Mattison during a preseason game in Chicago. AP

Over the past month, Nahshon Wright has repeated the same routine almost every day. Wright walks to his Bears locker at Halas Hall once practice and meetings are done, grabs his phone and enters the chat.

Nearly 400 miles northwest, his cousin Mekhi Blackmon follows the same pattern when he has a free moment near the Minnesota Vikings’ practice facility.

Roughly 950 miles south, his brother Rejzohn Wright does the same from his New Orleans Saints locker.

The three enter a text group chat where everything is shared, both good and bad. An interception. A pass breakup. A bad route. A missed tackle. A wrong first step.

“It’s cool,” Nahshon said. “We get to bounce

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