LAKE FOREST, Ill. - Quarterback Mitchell Trubisky received snaps with the Chicago Bears' first team on Wednesday and head coach John Fox said the second pick of the 2017 draft will take snaps with the first team in the second half against Tennessee in Sunday's third preseason game.
not just the quarterback position,"Just to get a true evaluation; that's what we're trying to do and trying to do it at all positions," Fox said. "That'd be the biggest reason."
the Bears have usually played the starter for a series or two in the third quarter of preseason game No. 3,Starter Mike Glennon will play the first half against Tennessee. In the past,
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" Trubisky said. "I think I've progressed faster than they expected I would,
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Mark Sanchez remains the backup to Glennon on the depth chart.
" Fox said. "We've not been able to see that with Mitch,
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we've kind of felt this all along,"And so, and we won't do it in the fourth game because our starters don't play much - if at all - in that game."
On draft day after Trubisky's selection, Glennon faced a familiar situation. He had been the starter in Tampa until Jameis Winston was drafted. Then the Bears signed him in free agency and a month and a half later he had a highly touted rookie challenger.
it's situations that I've been through before that I handled myself well in the past," Glennon said. "Again,"Deja vu, and I'll continue to do that in this situation."
In two preseason games,
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"It was clear to me that nothing has changed as far as the depth chart,
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The Bears also announced tackle Charles Leno Jr. received a four-year contract extension. Leno Jr. Leno was a seventh-round pick in 2014 and became a starter in 2015.
"I never was handed anything in life,
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Leno came into the league in a humble manner.,
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sleeping on an inflatable mattress that I bought from Wal-Mart, seventh-round draft pick - not even knowing if I'm going to make the roster,
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"Maybe I'll move next to him or something like that. Who knows?"
