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Matt Nagy Defends Choice to Sit Mitchell Trubisky, Starters for Preseason Game

Chicago Bears head coach Matt Nagy has a perfectly sensible reason for keeping Mitchell Trubisky and the rest of his starters on the bench for Saturday's 27-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs.

Nagy is confident—despite one more week remaining in the preseason—his first string is ready for the Week 1 opener Sept. 9 against the Green Bay Packers, per ESPN.com's Nick Friedell:

"I hear it, but I don't believe it right now in regards to where we're at. We're at almost 2,000 snaps right now in practice.