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The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Ep. 136: Should the preseason be shorter?

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

Chicago Sports Network

Football, Sports, Sports:football

4.4699 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

JJ Stankevitz and John “Moon” Mullin wonder if Matt Nagy’s decision to bench his starters over the weekend is a sign the preseason really doesn’t matter and should be shortened. Plus, how ready is Mitch Trubisky for the regular season, and who’s in and who’s out on the 53-man roster?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Welcome in to another edition of the undercenter podcast here on NBCSportsChicago.com.

0:11.0

I'm JJ Stankovic, joined by John Moon-Mullen and Moon.

0:14.9

Let's just get it going with this question.

0:17.5

Should the preseason be shorter?

0:20.2

Should there be a preseason?

0:21.4

Does the preseason matter?

0:22.8

Is life meaningless?

0:25.0

We are all but dust in the wind.

0:29.4

Look, I mean...

0:30.8

Yes and yes and yes.

0:34.1

But I mean, look, you know, Matt and Aggie choosing to bench most of the starters on Saturday.

0:41.1

You know, there's that data point you have.

0:43.5

The Rams playing basically none of their offensive starters.

0:47.2

In their game, Todd Gurley basically dumped on the preseason.

0:51.6

I quoted that from an ESPN article. You know, look, you have Jerry Jones

0:57.6

coming out and saying that he thinks it would be better if the NFL had 18 preseason, or 18 regular

1:03.4

season games and only two preseason games. I don't know if the player's safety argument he cited

1:08.7

was too relevant or accurate to this. But look, I think the

1:13.8

title wave is starting to crash over the NFL that the preseason is not as important as it

1:18.8

once was. So, I mean, where do you see this going, Moon? Do you see 18 regular season games,

1:24.6

two preseason games? Do you see the status quo?

1:27.8

Where do you kind of see this going?

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