Camp Classic Moment

This is the last training camp in Platteville, Wis. When the Bears move their summer home 50 miles south of Chicago, the closing of the Platteville part of their history will end another of the great Bears memories from that 1985 team. In the mid-1980s, the Bears were Da Bears. It showed in Platteville. On any evening, players such as Jim McMahon, Steve McMichael and others, along with coach Mike Ditka, would take over the lounges of the team. You'd see them as bartenders. You'd see them playing pool. They lived loud and played well. The closing in Platteville will also end the great Moped saga. As the story goes, players not only rode golf carts, but they also had Mopeds. One evening, Keith Van Horne was cutting it close to curfew, so he drove his Moped through the cemetery near the dorms. He didn't see a wire that stretched across one of the roads. Van Horne flew off his bike and was slightly injured. Mopeds were banned. They were probably the only thing the Bears weren't allowed to do. — John Clayton

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- Here are five quick observations from the Bears' training camp.

1. One on one, Brian Urlacher can't be blocked. The Bears have a drill in which a back goes against a linebacker. Halfback Skip Hicks tried to stop Urlacher. The quick Pro Bowler got around him. Any one else who tried barely touched him. With a year in the league as a middle linebacker, Urlacher now knows what he's doing. That's scary.

2. Bears receivers are being asked to do more curls, slants and quick short routes. The scheme is to get the ball in their hands and have the receivers make plays. In fact, halfback James Allen said that all the skilled players are like running backs. What you worry about is if the quarterbacks aren't accurate, there might be a lot of injured Bear receivers from hard hits by the safeties and linebackers.

3. On Wednesday, quarterback Cade McNown looked pretty good, but Shane Matthews seems more natural to the system. Matthews' game is following his progressions and throwing short accurate passes. McNown is better at running around, but he still has a tendency to make some throws that are well off the mark.

4. Even though Keith Traylor is resting his sore knee, the Bears look formidable in stopping the run. Even the Bears have a hard time running up the middle against Ted Washington and Mike Wells. Ends Bryan Robinson and Phillip Daniels are good against the run. What's missing, though, is the pass rusher. Andre Carter, who was selected by the 49ers one pick before the Bears in the draft, would've looked good here.

5. The Bears finally have a punter. The biggest addition to the team could be Brad Maynard, who should get the team field position by being consistent with his punts. The past couple of years, the Bears have been kicking themselves for poor special teams play.

John Clayton is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com.