Bears v Chiefs preseason 3 gamethread

Grasu in at C now for Daniels

 

Hopefully he puts up some nice film for the other 31 NFL teams. I don’t see him making the final 53 as a one position player, oft hurt and unavailable and gets bitch slapped around regularly.

I had high hopes three years ago but now I’m so disappointed in Grasu.

 

I just got home from a funeral and this is a welcome sight!!

24-13? Nice!!

 

Javon Wims better make the team.

 

Looks like Chase Litton is closing in on the QB2 spot for the Chiefs.

 

Ha, I posted my thread about 1 minute after yours, but then I got behind live game time and didn't come back to the boards until it was mostly over.

Agreed that I would be worried if I were the Chiefs. Taking on the Bears #2s should have resulted in a whooping....but not in the Bears favor. Good first half for the #2s.

 

Busy with family, couldn’t watch. Sounds like I wish I had, which is a nice change of pace.

 

At least we know that Chase Daniel is going to be ready for the regular season

 

When Trubisky gets sacked on the first play against Green Bay, and the offense nets negative yards for the half - you’ll know why.

Horrible decision to not play the starters.

 

I really wondered about that.

 

Matt Nagy defends decision to sit starters
ByMatt Eurich 18 hours ago
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(Photo: Quinn Harris, USA TODAY Sports)

Many were quick to criticize Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy after the team announced on Friday night the majority of starters were not going to play against the Kansas City Chiefs. The game was set to be the team's "dress rehearsal" game when the majority of NFL teams run out their starters for at least one half of football before giving way to the second team. That usually sets up the first team to sit in the preseason finale ahead of their Week 1 matchup. Nagy, on the other hand, decided his team has gotten enough reps in the offseason and did not want to have some of his players face unnecessary risks.

Nagy's second string went out there on Saturday against the Chiefs and played well, earning the team a 27-20 victory. After the game, Nagy was more than willing to defend his reasoning for not playing starters such as Mitch Trubisky, Jordan Howard and Akiem Hicks.

“We’re at almost 2000 snaps in practice," Nagy said after the game, via Kevin Fishbain of The Athletic. "For somebody telling me 25-30 reps is going to make [Mitch Trubisky] better Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, it’s not going to happen.”

That type of honesty from an NFL head coach is refreshing. It is even more refreshing for Bears fans who lived with the tight-lipped John Fox as head coach the last three seasons. Nagy's decision was a bold one. Even so, he is not the first coach to sit the majority of his starters in the dress rehearsal preseason game. The Green Bay Packers did not play many of their starters against the Oakland Raiders on Friday night, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Los Angeles Rams also sat out all their offensive starters against the Houston Texans on Saturday afternoon except for guard Jamon Brown.

The Bears and Baltimore Ravens started training camp earlier than any other NFL teams this offseason. Chicago reported to camp in Bourbonnais on July 19 and played the Ravens in the Hall of Fame Game on August 2. Because of that, guys like Trubisky and others projected to be starters have received more reps than most in practice. Even though Trubisky did not play against the Ravens that does not mean he did not receive the starter's load of work throughout that week of practice. He will not play in the preseason finale against the Buffalo Bills on August 30. He will finish the preseason by completing 11 of his 18 passing attempts for 94 yards with one touchdown, one interception and one sack. He also ran the ball three times for seven yards.

Some may complain that someone like Trubisky needs all the reps he can get against live competition, but Nagy is more than willing to stick to his guns and was happy with how things worked out Saturday afternoon. The Bears will play Buffalo at 7:00 p.m. CT this Thursday night and will open up the regular season against the Green Bay Packers on the road on September 9 on Sunday Night Football.

 

Yep. Smartest guy he knows. We had a coach like that two coaches ago.

How’d that work out?

Pssst... secret to coach Nagy.. we don’t have Aaron Rodgers and we aren’t the Rams...

 

I was just thinking that it would be interesting to see his reaction if we'd lost and his decision to not play the starters did not pan out as well ....

 

I just read this:

Hroniss Grasu reportedly on the trading block
ByMatt Eurich 7 hours ago
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(Photo: Brad Rempel, USA TODAY Sports)

Hroniss Grasu has failed to live up to expectations with the Chicago Bears. A third-round pick in 2015, Grasu was supposed to be a part of a new wave of athletic interior offensive linemen who rely more on their speed and mobility as opposed to brute-force strength. A few years into his run with the team it appears he could be on the trade block. According to Albert Breer of the Monday Morning Quarterback, Grasu is someone the veteran scribe has heard is available on the trade block.

Breer notes in his piece that "offensive linemen are the hottest commodity out there on the market." In addition to naming Grasu as someone he has heard to be available he also mentions Indianapolis Colts tackle Austin Howard, Oakland Raiders tackle Jylan Ware and Philadelphia Eagles guard Chance Warmack.

After he was taken in the third round of the 2015 draft there was hope he could eventually slide into a starting role along the offensive line. Veteran Will Montgomery began the season as the starting center before an injury forced him to go on injured reserve. Grasu eventually took over and started eight games at the center position that year with mixed results. While he performed well in the screen game and when asked to pull, he struggled mightily against bigger, stronger interior defensive linemen.

Grasu entered the 2016 offseason as the team's de facto starter at the center position even though the team had added veterans Ted Larson and Max Ramirez to the mix in free agency. A torn ACL injury in early August ended Grasu's second season and he had to sit on the sidelines and watch 2016 second-round pick Cody Whitehair excel at the position. Last year he entered the regular season as a reserve offensive lineman. He was later thrust into game action due to a myriad of injuries along the line of scrimmage. He finished last season with six appearances and four starts.

The young lineman is now facing an uphill battle to make the team. He lacks the versatility to be considered a reliable guard, meaning all of his value lies at the center position. The team already has pledged their allegiance to Whitehair as their starter at the position for this upcoming season, drafted another center in James Daniels in the second round this past April and have a versatile interior offensive linemen in Eric Kush who can play both guard spots and center.

Some speculated he would have a better chance of making the roster this year because his former head coach at Oregon, Mark Helfrich, is now Chicago's offensive coordinator. In the preseason he has been average at best. The type of value Grasu holds right now is an unknown, but with Breer noting offensive line depth is a problem around the league the Bears may be able to pull off a deal with a desperate team for a conditional draft pick in the coming days.

 

Baby, you have posted this story on two separate threads now. Once is enough, please don't waste people's valuable time like this.

Im going to have to censure you for this. Need to up your game in future little lady.

 

Eh. I wasn't sure where it would get read.

Okay I'm ready for my punishment.

 

"I wasn't sure..." "i didn't know..." Did the dog eat your homework too? Lets just dispense with the excuses shall we.

Now, i'm off to go get my cane, you go and make me a sandwich, my usual please, haggis and cheese. We'll meet back at my office.

I'll eat the sandwich, your tush can eat the cane.

 

Uh ... do you mean a sammich?

Hagis? Seriously? Do you suffer from some kind of eating disorder? Ugh ...

 

He's British. They say funny shit like "Sandwich"...

 

I suppose it is the Queen's own English so I don't have much room to complain ...