Expect the Bears? starters to play deeper into the first half on Saturday in Denver than they did last week in Cincinnati, but their time on the field will still be relatively brief. The real dress rehearsal for the Bears will be next weekend, when they gameplan for and host the Kansas City Chiefs on Aug. 25.
But Saturday?s game against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium still represents sort of a checkpoint in the buildup to Sept. 9?s season-opening tilt with the Green Bay Packers. It?ll be the last game of the installation phase of the offseason, with coaches turning their focus to gameplanning for the Chiefs next week and then the Packers afterwards.
Helping Trubisky?s cause will be the 2018 preseason debuts of running back Jordan Howard and wide receiver Allen Robinson, as well as running back Tarik Cohen ? who only played one snap against Cincinnati ? perhaps being used more.
The Bears? offense will not be at full strength, with wide receiver Taylor Gabriel (foot) and tight end Dion Sims (concussion) still out. But for Trubisky, it?ll be a good opportunity for him to see how all the work he and Robinson put in to develop a chemistry in the last few weeks translates to the field.
?We continue to create that chemistry in practice and my job is just to get the ball to the playmakers,? Trubisky said. ?The more playmakers we have on the field, just continue to get them the ball and let them do what they do and we just need to roll as an offense, be on the same page, everyone continue to do their job, lock in and go out there and have fun an execute. It?ll be nice to see those guys with the ball in their hands this weekend.?
But Saturday?s game against the Denver Broncos at Mile High Stadium still represents sort of a checkpoint in the buildup to Sept. 9?s season-opening tilt with the Green Bay Packers. It?ll be the last game of the installation phase of the offseason, with coaches turning their focus to gameplanning for the Chiefs next week and then the Packers afterwards.
Helping Trubisky?s cause will be the 2018 preseason debuts of running back Jordan Howard and wide receiver Allen Robinson, as well as running back Tarik Cohen ? who only played one snap against Cincinnati ? perhaps being used more.
The Bears? offense will not be at full strength, with wide receiver Taylor Gabriel (foot) and tight end Dion Sims (concussion) still out. But for Trubisky, it?ll be a good opportunity for him to see how all the work he and Robinson put in to develop a chemistry in the last few weeks translates to the field.
?We continue to create that chemistry in practice and my job is just to get the ball to the playmakers,? Trubisky said. ?The more playmakers we have on the field, just continue to get them the ball and let them do what they do and we just need to roll as an offense, be on the same page, everyone continue to do their job, lock in and go out there and have fun an execute. It?ll be nice to see those guys with the ball in their hands this weekend.?
