Chicago Bears punter Trenton Gill (16) punts in the first quarter of a preseason game Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 against the Kansas City Chiefs at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) (Brian Cassella, Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
The Bears de Chicago showed promising signs in their opening of pre-season on Saturday, Beating the heads of Kansas City 19-14 in Soldier Field Matt Eberflus Edge Coach seeks.
Another test waiting Thursday evening in Lumen Field with the Seattle Sehawks welcoming the Bears for a national television match (7 p.m., ESPN). Here are four stories that deserve to be followed.
1. Presence of Justin Fields
The fields will not have much time to demonstrate a lot with Eberflus who plans to play their first offensive unit for one or two series. But it is always worth focusing on each of the parts that are requested from the Marshal Second-Year which is executed.
From the command curly to vision before their ability to deal with and make good decisions, representatives of the pre-season season season remain under the microscope. The Bears press it to lift the bar as the season approaches, demanding a better game game and lighter synchronization and the sensation in their pocket.
Thursday's match is another opportunity for the fields and the offensive to improve, and the coaches love the way the open fields have been trained hard.
"He loves him," said the marshals Andrew Janocko. "You are talking about a guy who loves football and wants to be great and wants to raise everyone around him. It's quite impressive. "
2. Teven Jenkins Progress
At the start of the training field, Eberlus promised that he would mix and coincide with the combinations of the offensive line to identify the most unified and reliable quintet. The last combination has for Teven Jenkins, who was recruited in the second round in 2021 to be a left -back initial, auditioning in the right -wing goalkeeper.
Jenkins played 36 snapshots in the right tackle against the chiefs but was beaten this week for his last challenge. He should start on Thursday, but he will have much more playing time than the other titles of week 1 planned on the line.
"Like any position, if you are not an experienced guy in your position, we will try to get you a little more (playing time)," said Eberflus on Tuesday.
While the Bears are trying to find a position in which Jenkins can help them, coaches staff welcomed his information as an asset for this last movement. The coach of the offensive line Chris Morgan sees a combination of size, strength and speed in Jenkins who is intrigued to test the interior.
"It's a small fit," said Morgan. "But we do not ask him to do anything who could not manage. He has attributes that can really shine there. So we are excited about this, excited to see what it looks like."
3. Recruits
Some draft teams of day 2, the Kyler Gordon corner and the recipient Vélus Jones will make their pre-season debut after missing the match on Saturday with injuries. For Gordon , which is Everett, Washington, and put it back in the city where he played his university university For Washington.
"I was intended for being," he said.
Jones, on the other hand, should play several roles for the Bears during the season. Therefore, having the opportunity to try it in offensive play conditions and special teams will be precious.
In the long term, Ebner made a sweet blow in the field, Jaylen Watson Jaylen Watson while breaking in the open field. But it was his finish and his teeth for this race that impressed the offensive coordinator Luke Gtsy.
"It was an impressive cup," said Gutesy. "But I think that when you have one of these young children (running) in this side line and there is a boy there and that you can lack limits ... but the way he has set foot on the ground and has 5 other yards, that it is the mentality that we are trying to build here. It is one of these philosophical works that we will present in the Salle of Offensive Unit. "
4. License
Yes, yes. This is an excellent request to request that you resign your Thursday evening to see the necklace in a pre-season match in mid-August. But, hey, anything for a football solution, right?
This is a second chance for the Bears fans to familiarize themselves with Trenton Gill, a seventh round of the seventh round which launched seven clearings in the pre-season starter. Gill showed a good combination of force and leg tact and forced the chiefs to start possessions in the lines of 12, 5 and 3 meters. It is worth monitoring its growth. The Bears may have to use it a lot this season.
Seahawks Michael Dickson the player, meanwhile, is in his fifth season. The Australian signed an extension of four years and 14.5 million dollars last season and continued with a strong year during which he had an average of 46.9 yards per authorization and had a maximum of 40 tieds in the 20 -year line.
Dickson will present a challenge to the Bears while looking for a winner of his work to return to work. Dazz Newsome, Dante Pettis and Chris Finke took cracks on Saturday.
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