“There’s nothing to worry about. It’s pretty basic.” – Fox on Chicago’s performance. I’ll see how we do. In all, 49 have played more than Jeffery’s 51 games in four National Football League seasons. He never played more than four consecutive games and was never at full strength for more than three games in a row. “It was too late at that point”.
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“This is the year I want to make plays and stuff”, he said. In fact, in his senior season at Northwestern, he threw 11 interceptions to only 7 touchdowns. Raymond averaged 10.7 yards on three punts returns and had a game-opening, 26-yard kickoff return. He settled for check-downs when the big play wasn’t there and threw the ball away at times when nothing was there.
This will be another opportunity for the Broncos to match up against former head coach John Fox as well, with the Broncos beating the Bears 17-15 at Soldier Field in Week 11 of 2015 last November.
Was he happy to get the early test? “I think they both did a good job”.
One negative was the Bears’ protection. One of those sacks lead to a safety when Dekoda Watson sacked Bears QB David Fales in the 3rd. Well, that is, assuming his offensive line holds up. Get hit a little bit, get some soreness and work through that.
“We’ve got a lot of pride now”, Phillips said. The amount that we played our first group tonight, there’s no way we could get that done. “So, it takes everybody”. “I am kind of going day to day. We still have guys who have to get out there – Eddie Royal and Zach [Miller] so we’re still short some guys that hopefully we’ll get back this week”. Given Lynch’s feel for the rush, his escapability and his comfort on the run, the game format could give him the chance to show some skills that the practice format doesn’t always reveal.
Rookie Cody Whitehair started at left guard, then moved to center in place of Larsen. It’s going to be hard for him to be passed on the depth chart by the other youngsters.
“They both have a good team they’re playing for”, Denver coach Gary Kubiak said. It’s tough to watch, but come regular season time will anyone even remember the first game of the preseason? S De’Andre Houston-Carson hurt his neck, and DE Cornelius Washington (knee, ankle) left the game.
Bears: RB Ka’Deem Carey was being evaluated for a concussion after getting shaken up in the third quarter. He didn’t have much to say about it, except that he wanted to play, and so he did. That appears to have gone well because Jeffery was on the field Thursday and caught Jay Cutler’s first pass of the night for a 12-yard gain.
“It’s nice to have ’17”, Cutler said. “I know this group of guys”. Rookie Kalif Raymond got the first swing. White took a redshirt year in 2015 thanks to preseason surgery to fix a stress fracture in his leg. On the rushing front, Jeremy Langford was bottled up, compiling four carries for seven yards and one reception for three yards.
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When it comes to preseason football, normal is good.
