With head coach Matt Eberflus announcing that most of his starters will play a half of football in the Chicago Bears’ preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns, that suddenly changes how most fans will be watching the game. Sure there’ll be plenty of bottom of the depth chart roster battles taking place, but seeing how the number ones are growing in the new offensive and defensive schemes is worth monitoring.
It’ll be a vanilla gameplan, but the timing of the pass plays, the cohesiveness of the offensive line, the gap integrity from the front seven, the continuity from the secondary, not to mention a debuting Roquan Smith at the weakside linebacker position, makes this a solid dress rehearsal for the start of the 2022 regular season.