The Chicago Bears are less than three months away from playing preseason games, but head coach Matt Nagy is already making plans for how to deploy his talent once the time comes.
Per Mark Grote, Nagy plans on ramping up playing time in preseason contests, predominantly to help iron out the quarterback competition that the team opens the season with.
On one side of the coin is the entrenched starter, Mitch Trubisky. Even as the organization declined his fifth-year option earlier this off-season, Trubisky has predominantly been the team's starting quarterback since he was selected with the second overall pick in 2017. He has finished above .500 in each of the past two years, and the Bears have insisted that they hope he is apart of the long-term plans, even as his option was denied.
Then there's Nick Foles, who has seemingly been in quarterback battles for the better part of the past decade. Having compiled a 26-22 mark as a starter over eight seasons, he has only twice made 10 or more starts in a year. He also comes aboard with a hefty price tag, one that Chicago will need to determine whether or not he's worth keeping, and getting in-game reps with the team's full allotment of receivers and offensive linemen is one way to gauge his level of effectiveness.
While much uncertainty swirls around the start of the 2020 season due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Nagy has a contingency plan in place, one that calls for getting the Bears' primary players into game shape early and often.
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