Chicago Bears: 12 Winners and Losers from Preseason Week 1
Published by Bob Warja on August 14, 2011
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
Last year the Bears went 0-4 in preseason games and yet went on to win 11 games during the regular season. So, Saturday night’s 10-3 victory over the Bills is not something to get excited about.
But it was interesting to watch players match up against real competition (though calling Buffalo “real competition” may be a slight exaggeration).
Meanwhile, there were Bears players who were “winners”—that is, players who increased their stock—and “losers”—players whose performance left something to be desired.
While the ever-evolving depth chart will get clearer each week, some guys are fighting for their football lives. Try telling an undrafted free agent rookie that these are meaningless exhibition games and they will look at you as if you’ve lost your mind.
So let’s take a look at the winners and losers from Week 1, and try and extrapolate what this means for the Bears going forward.
Come join me, will you?
