FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Saying the 2016 Bears offense is a work in progress is like announcing Bill Belichick is a good football coach.

No kidding!

But while the offensive line will be a question mark well into the regular season, there’s no telling what they will have at running back until the O-line improves. And while tight end won’t be a strength, there is something happening to the wide receiver corps.

Forget that Alshon Jeffery actually showed some emotion in a “baseball fight” here with Malcolm Butler on Monday. Through two days of practice, Jeffery has been the best player on the field from either team, with the exception of Tom Brady and perhaps even Kevin White.

Jeffery has gone strong and hard through two physical practices with no soft tissue concerns and has been unstoppable against the Pats.

But you knew Jeffery could; you’re just never sure he will.

The bigger revelation here at “Camp Belichick & Fox” has been White. You can argue that the second-year player selected with the seventh overall pick in last year’s draft is seeing his first legitimate NFL test facing one of the league’s best teams in these surprisingly physical and extremely competitive practices.

On Tuesday, White won the day, doing the dirty work underneath while Jeffery challenged the secondary. White looked like a seasoned pro.

Bears coach John Fox was reserved in his praise saying, “They’re both very, very talented players. Being out here practicing where they get that timing with the quarterback and the rest of the offensive teammates them better.”

Referring to their health issues, Fox added: “We’ve had a little bit of a string there,

knock on wood. But when healthy they’re both very capable.”

This was one of those days, though, when Fox’s quotes didn’t do justice to the glean in his eye.

Talking specifically about the impact of White’s lost rookie season, Fox added, “There’s some rust. I think anytime someone doesn’t practice and play, we have to bring the WD40 out and spray the rust off.

“I’m seeing progress with him getting back into football condition.”

Most impressive about White in Tuesday’s practice was the route-running and physicality he displayed in matchups with Patriots starting corners Butler, Logan Ryan and nickel Justin Coleman.

Running primarily inside slants, short curls and button hooks underneath, White looked more like a receiver than an athlete against one of the league’s better defenses.

Make no mistake, White still has a great deal of work to do to demonstrate he has grasped the whole route tree, but the consistency with which he made plays in traffic against Butler and Logan should not be ignored.

It also is difficult to imagine after watching practice No. 2 between the Patriots and Bears that Josh Bellamy hasn’t already secured a roster spot.

Bellamy, an invaluable special-teams presence last season, has had a good summer, and for some reason he has been consistently behind the secondary in training camp more than other receivers.

Bellamy did it against the Patriots on Tuesday, getting wide open deep twice for 2 touchdowns.

The two other receivers who have stood out throughout camp are Marc Mariani (wide receivers coach Curtis Johnson says “I love, absolutely love, him”) and seventh-round pick Daniel Braverman. Braverman has looked more like a seventh-rounder here in New England, however.

Beyond this good news for quarterback Jay Cutler and offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains, the upshot could be bad news for Eddie Royal.

Mariani appears to have made the team, and as much as the Bears probably would love to sneak Braverman through to the practice squad, that seems unlikely.

The Bears aren’t going to keep three slot receivers, and having missed more than two weeks and counting with concussion issues, the veteran Royal is looking more and more like the odd man out.

• Hub Arkush is the Executive Editor of Pro Football Weekly and can be reached at harkush@profootballweekly.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.