Having entered training camp as the Bears’ starting center last summer, it would have easy for Hroniss Grasu to feel sorry for himself when he suffered a season-ending torn ACL the first week of August.
But there was no self-pity or sulking; only a fierce determination to overcome the setback and return to the form that earned Grasu the starting job in the first place.
“The way I looked at it is it’s just a test,” Grasu said.