The Bears’ focus leading up to Saturday is on simulating a regular season game week, with legitimate gameplanning taking place for a dress rehearsal against the Kansas City Chiefs.
But after Saturday’s game, the big task for the Bears’ coaching staff and front office will be paring 90 players down to 53 by Sept. 1, then seeing if there’s anyone worth bringing in off the waiver wire on Sept. 2. Everyone involved will have reams of data on which to evaluate these guys — even more than usual, given training camp started a week earlier and the Bears played that extra preseason contest in the Hall of Fame Game Aug.