BOURNBONNAIS, Ill. -- Chicago Bears quarterback Mike Glennon expressed confidence Monday that everyone in the organization is on board with him as the starter.

"Yeah, I think that's kind of been the case really from the moment I got here and reached out to the guys," Glennon said. "We're lucky to have a really good group of guys that have all bought in to what we are doing. I think everyone has been a really good teammate so far."

The Bears erased any hint of a quarterback controversy when they stuck with Glennon (scheduled to earn $16 million guaranteed in 2017) as their starter in the offseason, even after they moved up one spot to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky second overall.

Trubisky entered camp as the Bears' No. 3 quarterback behind Glennon and veteran Mark Sanchez.

Quarterback Mike Glennon says that he feels good with what the Bears are doing. Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire

"They've handled the situation really well," Glennon said. "Everything that I could ask for, as far as it not being a distraction, they've done that. Mitch has done a great job ... he understands what his role is. He hasn't been a distraction, either. I appreciate everyone that has kind of been involved in making it strictly about football and putting that other stuff to the side."

Through five training camp practices, Glennon thinks the strength of the Bears' offense is their running game, but the 6-foot-6 quarterback will have to make plays in the vertical passing game, with opponents expected to stack the box to stop second-year running back Jordan Howard.

"I feel good with what we're doing," Glennon said. "There's always going to be a few things here and there that may pop up, you know, that's new and that I can get more comfortable with, but overall, I feel comfortable with what we're doing."

Being asked to throw the football shouldn't be a huge problem. Sure, Glennon sat behind Jameis Winston the past two seasons in Tampa, but he started 18 games for the Bucs from 2013-14, passing for 29 touchdowns and 15 interceptions.

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"There was a lot of homework done [on Glennon before we signed him]," Bears quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone said. "It's a small league. And in terms of what he's brought to the table is what's been said about him. He's a professional. It means a lot to him, just like it does for the other three quarterbacks in the room. And he's the one who's the catalyst, and those guys follow with him, and they're pushing him. He wants to compete. He wants to be pushed in the meeting rooms and on the field. And hopefully every day we come out there with that mindset and try to do that."

On the Olivet Nazarene University practice fields, Glennon appears to have a decent command of the huddle; he has completed most of his short-to-intermediate pass attempts at camp. Glennon's deeper throws have not always found their marks, but that could be a byproduct of having so many new wide receivers.

Regardless of what happens over the course of the exhibition schedule, the true test for Glennon and Chicago's retooled offense will come in September, when games count. Don't expect the Bears to show much in the preseason -- much to the dismay of Bears fans.

But why would they? The biggest edge the Bears (9-23 under John Fox) have over defending NFC Champion Atlanta in Week 1 is the element of surprise. The Falcons don't know what plays the Bears will run with Glennon. The Bears can't relinquish that advantage.

The city eventually will learn what kind of quarterback Glennon truly is, but we're five weeks away from that happening.