"You know, encouraging words and stuff like that but also more than that, sometimes you got to talk a little mess to him," Jarrett said.

No question, there is a training camp battle between Bradley Bozeman and Zion Johnson for the Chargers’ starting center position, one of the few actual competitions over the first few days.

Rookie running back Kyle Monangai was a standout player for Chicago during Thursday's practice, where he had a long run that included a juke move at the end to pick up some extra yards.