The Bears conducted their annual Family Fest practice Sunday at Soldier Field. It was their 10th workout of training camp and fifth in pads. Here's what transpired:

Coach Ben Johnson told reporters that the Bears treated Sunday's Family Fest practice at Soldier Field like a "preseason zero game," staying at a hotel in downtown Chicago Saturday night.

"Special thank you to George [H. McCaskey] and Kevin [Warren] and Ryan [Poles] getting that done for us," Johnson said. "The guys certainly, they felt it. We go into next week, our first preseason game, particularly the young guys, they get amped up a little bit. So hopefully a little familiarity with the process will calm the nerves a little bit and then they can go out and play.

"It was great to be out there. The weather is incredible. The fans are amazing. I know our guys felt it."

The Bears will open their preseason slate by hosting the Dolphins at noon next Sunday.

Defense shines

The defense excelled in 11-on-11 drills most of the day, with a litany of individuals generating impact plays.

End Austin Booker and blitzing nickel back Kyler Gordon recorded what would have been sacks, cornerback Nahshon Wright broke up a pass and lineman Tanoh Kpassagnon deflected a screen pass.

Later in the workout, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson dove to break up a pass intended for receiver Olamide Zaccheaus near the goal line, safety Tysheem Johnson intercepted a deflected throw, end Montez Sweat recorded what would have been a sack and stuffed a jet sweep, and linebacker T.J. Edwards broke up a pass intended for rookie tight end Colston Loveland.

"It was sloppy, sloppier than we were hoping we would be at this point," Johnson said of the offense's performance. "We had a couple really good practices over the last two and then took us a little while to get going and hear the pads clicking. I thought toward the end we picked it up and it got pretty competitive there."

The highlight for the No. 1 offense came on a well-designed play as quarterback Caleb Williams beat a blitz and flipped the ball to wide-open tight end Cole Kmet, who jogged into the end zone untouched for a 25-yard touchdown.

"It was a good job," Johnson said. "It was good execution by those guys. I think Caleb had a little pressure in his face and he was able to still get it over the top and out of there. Well done."

"That's a cool play," Kmet said, "one of the many designs and plays that Ben has up his sleeve that I think will be a lot of fun to run variations of this year."

The longest TD of the day came when quarterback Tyson Bagent rifled a pass over the middle to undrafted rookie receiver JP Richardson, who spun around and took it the distance.

One drill started with the offense at its own 1. Defensive tackle Gervon Dexter Sr. burst through the line and tackled running back D'Andre Swift for a safety.

"Our goal on offense is to get two first downs [when backed up near the end zone]," Johnson said. "A safety is inexcusable. Execution of the play wasn't what we wanted to be. It's a credit to the defense. They came out and they kicked the offense's rear in that. That's what showed up to me: they wanted it a little bit more."

The No. 1 offense closed practice with a flourish, as Williams zipped a 7-yard TD pass to Loveland to cap a two-minute drill. The unit took over at the opponent's 49 trailing 23-20 with :51 remaining. The TD came one play after Wright had broken up a pass to Loveland in the end zone.

Kickin' it

During a special teams drill, Cairo Santos made 5-of-5 field goal attempts, hitting from 35, 39, 43, 47 and 53 yards. Jonathan Kim connected on 3-of-4 tries, hitting from 33, 43 and 53 yards and missing from 47 yards.

Repeating history

Tight end Stephen Carlson did his best Franco Harris impression when he reached low to catch a pass that had deflected off two players downfield.

"My favorite play of camp was definitely the 'Immaculate Reception' today by Stephen Carlson," Kmet said. "It's like the Immaculate Reception in color. I thought that was a fun one to watch today."

Trust circle

Johnson was asked which receivers and tight ends he trusts at this point in the passing game.

"I think Cole Kmet, I think DJ Moore, I think Rome Odunze; those are the three that stand out to me first and foremost," said the Bears coach. "I think OZ (Olamide Zaccheaus) is doing a great job of being where he's supposed to be and he's professional about it.

"The rookies, they're still learning, they're still growing, and they just haven't been out there enough to earn that trust yet. I would say throughout the course of spring and camp so far, those are the four that I'd bring up first."