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The Bears are resting a good amount of starters in their all-important third fourth preseason game against the Chiefs today, including Mitchell Trubisky. Matt Nagy and company are on to Green Bay in Week 1.
Here’s the full list of 31 inactives:
Bears inactives
— Kevin Fishbain (@kfishbain) August 25, 2018
Trubisky
Robinson
Bellamy
Miller
Amukamara
Fuller
Howard
Cohen
Cooper
Callahan
Amos
Jackson
Roquan
Trevathan
Whitehair
Massie
Leno
Long
Burton
Shaheen
Sims
Goldman
Acho
Floyd
Hicks
Lynch
Notably, James Daniels will start at center against Kansas City’s first team defense. Eric Kush will flank him at left guard. Meanwhile, Roy Robertson-Harris and Jonathan Bullard still have a defensive competition to sort out and both will play. Of all the main receivers, Kevin White will also receive snaps against the Chiefs. So there are things to keep an eye on!
For live scoring updates during today’s preseason game, you can follow along here.
This is your official Open Thread during today’s action as well, and thread responsibly.
We’re almost at the end of the preseason and are just 15 days away from the regular season opener. Nagy’s “Revenge Game” against Kansas City stands in the way. The game starts at 12:00 p.m. CT.
Even while not playing, Jordan Howard arrives to Soldier Field in style.
Reppin’. pic.twitter.com/0MpxxoeFX0
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) August 25, 2018
First quarter update:
No Trubisky, no first-team offensive line, no problem for the Bears evidently.
On the first possession of the game, Chase Daniel took Chicago right down the field (while aided by penalties). Benny Cunningham would take it in for the score on a nice cutback in his return from injury.
.@BennyCunningham bounces to the outside and he's IN for the @ChicagoBears TD! #KCvsCHI
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/g7cej7D1Ch
Not to be outdone, the first-team Chiefs offense led by Patrick Mahomes responded on the next series.
The explosive Tyreek Hill did a bunch of the heavy lifting.
The @Cheetah is loose! #KCvsCHI
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/DalWDdRijh
And last year’s NFL rushing leader, Kareem Hunt, finished it off to tie it up at 7-7.
.@PatrickMahomes5 & @KareemHunt7 connect for the @Chiefs TD! #KCvsCHI
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/SPStrHnSmN
In what is clearly becoming a shootout the Bears would then again score led by Daniel. This time the veteran hit Kevin White for his first ever career touchdown.
.@mrkevinwhite is left open for the @ChicagoBears TD! #KCvsCHI
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/EA9Br8Sj9T
That has to feel great for a man in White who has been through so much. The Bears lead 14-7 at the start of the second quarter.
Second quarter update:
After a terrific first quarter, the Bears offense would not let up. Is part of their performance rooted in a bad first-team Chiefs defense? Probably. But it still counts!
Following a Chiefs field goal, Chicago ran it’s attack through their rookie seventh rounder Javon Wims. And he did not disappoint as evidenced by this 53-yard catch and run.
Javon Wims (@Javon_Juice) showing off his SPEED.
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
The rookie out of @FootballUGA gains 53 yards! #KCvsCHI
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/5SLubgvuel
Two players later, Wims put his 6-foot-4 frame to good use for an acrobatic touchdown to make it 21-10. Good throw from Daniel, and a better catch from Wims.
.@ChaseDaniel: DIME.@Javon_Juice: #ToeDragSwag
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
Incredible @ChicagoBears TD! #KCvsCHI
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/7iHKvwmHvD
With plays like this, Wims is an easy lock for the Bears’ final 53-man roster.
In a surprising turn of events, the Bears’ defense was able to hold it’s own Kansas City’s first-team attack with some forced three-and-outs.
That set up one last field goal drive to make it 24-10, which was facilitated by Chase Daniel’s legs.
.@ChaseDaniel takes off!
— NFL (@NFL) August 25, 2018
28-yard rush #KCvsCHI
: @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/yFYYcftr22
Doug Pederson won a Super Bowl with the Eagles in his second season as a coach, and Nagy’s Bears backups are getting one over on Andy Reid’s first stringers. Not an ideal day for the mentor.
Notable first half performers:
Chase Daniel: 15/18, 198 yards, two touchdowns, 149.5 passer rating. Six carries, 47 yards
Javon Wims: Two receptions, 70 yards, one touchdown
Isaiah Irving: Five tackles
Third quarter update:
Not much doing in the third quarter for either team offensively. Notably, the Bears were able to keep the Chiefs’ first team offense out of the end zone on four plays near the goal line. Tyler Bray obviously, isn’t Daniel.
We head to the final stanza!
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Time, TV channel, and streaming info
Date: Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018
Time: 12:00 p.m. CT
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
TV: This game will be live on the NFL Network and on locally in the following places per 506 Sports.
WFLD (FOX/32 - Chicago)
WIFR (CBS/23 - Rockford)
WYZZ (FOX/43 - Peoria)
WRSP (FOX-55/27 - Springfield/Champaign)
WSBT (FOX/22.2 - South Bend IN)
WANE (CBS/15 - Fort Wayne IN)
WTVW (ABC/25 - Evansville IN)
WAWV (ABC/38 - Terre Haute IN)
KLJB (FOX/18 - Quad Cities)
KFXA (FOX/28 - Cedar Rapids IA)
WOI (ABC/5 - Des Moines)
WIFS (57 - Madison WI)
Announcers: Adam Amin (play-by-play) and Jim Miller (color)
Radio: WBBM 780 AM and 105.9 FM, and in Spanish on Latino Mix 93.5 FM and Univision 1200 AM
Replay: Full replay schedule at NFL Network
Online Stream: NFL Gamepass
Weather: High 70’s, partly cloudy [NFL weather]
SB Nation Chiefs site: Arrowhead Pride
Bears vs. Chiefs prediction: Bears 24- Chiefs 19 via Oddshark
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