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Schrock’s Report Card: Grading Bears’ offense, defense in preseason win vs. Chiefs originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago
It wasn’t perfect, but the Bears finished off their first 4-0 preseason since 1994 Thursday with a 34-21 win over the Kansas City Chiefs at GEHA Fields at Arrowhead Stadium.
The Bears outscored their opponents 115-47 in the four exhibition games.
Quarterback Caleb Williams and the starters didn’t play, but the Bears’ second- and third-teamers jumped out to a 34-7 lead on the Chiefs’ backups before Kansas City scored two late touchdowns to make the score less lopsided.
With the preseason slate done and dusted, head coach Matt Eberflus and his staff now turn their attention to Tuesday’s roster cut deadline before a highly-anticipated 2024 season begins.
Here’s a final preseason report card for a Bears team with a lot of potential and some work to do:
Passing offense
The Bears didn’t exactly air it out Thursday night in Kansas City.
Backup quarterback Tyson Bagent started and went 3-for-6 for 57 yards in two drives. Third-string quarterback Brett Rypien relieved him and went 9-for-13 for 106 yards, including a 37-yard strike to Tyler Scott down the left sideline.
Scott caught six passes on 10 targets for 99 yards in an extensive outing Thursday.
Undrafted rookie quarterback Austin Reed was an efficient 8-for-10 for 63 yards and a touchdown in clean-up duty.
It was good to see Scott have a productive day. The second-year receiver has looked good in camp and should be the No. 4 receiver on the depth chart when camp breaks.
Swing tackle Larry Borom suffered an ankle injury and will have an MRI on Friday. Borom entered the game on the roster bubble, and this injury could burst it. If Borom doesn’t make the 53-man roster, that leaves Matt Pryor and rookie Kiran Amegadjie as the Bears’ backup tackles.
GRADE: C
Rushing offense
Travis Homer started the game at running back, but it was Velus Jones Jr. who got most of the work after undrafted rookie Ian Wheeler left…
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Publish date : 2024-08-23 05:20:31
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