LAKE FOREST, Ill. — We’re standing in the corner of the locker room and it feels like none of us should be here, but here are we are, laughing and talking. Just having the best time you can have in Lake Forest outside of The Lantern. Eddie Jackson feels like a relic. He’s one of five players left on the Bears’ roster from the 2018 team that went 12-4 in Matt Nagy’s first season. Now, under new coach Matt Eberflus, the veteran safety is expected to lead a young, feisty defense with fellow 2018’er Roquan Smith. And we shouldn’t be here talking to him, right? Didn’t everyone predict the media wouldn’t be back in the locker rooms anymore? But here we are, after two years away, talking to Bears players in their underwear about being disrespected. We’re a week away from the Bears’ season opener against the San Francisco 49ers, and the mood is decidedly upbeat at Halas Hall. There are some health questions on the roster, but nothing truly ominous. Everyone outside of Halas Hall seemingly expects nothing from this team, which is a good space to reside in, unless, of course, the Bears do actually suck, which is possible. It feels optimistic to predict the Bears win seven games this year and while I am that starry-eyed about their prospects thanks in part to a schedule littered with bad or unproven quarterbacks, most people are not.