Bears Safety Owens Taking Break From Camp to Support Wife, Gymnast Biles, at Olympics

Then-Green Bay Packers safety Jonathan Owens and his wife, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, pose before an NFL playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers in Santa Clara, Calif., on Jan. 20, 2024. Jed Jacobsohn/AP Photo

LAKE FOREST, Ill.—Most NFL players wouldn’t take five days off during the peak of job battles in training camp.

Then again, most NFL players aren’t Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens. The sixth-year backup is taking the time away to watch his wife, Simone Biles, compete for the U.S. gymnastics team at the Paris Olympics.