Ep. 237: Is Matt Nagy right to rest his starters in preseason games?

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🗓️ 21 August 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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J.J. Stankevitz is joined by John "Moon" Mullin and Cam Ellis to debate whether or not Mitchell Trubisky, and the rest of the Bears starters, need preseason reps to fully prepare for Week 1. Plus, the guys share their latest thoughts on Eddy Pineiro and the kicking situation.00:40 - Moon doesn't think everything adds up with Matt Nagy holding Trubisky out of preseason games03:20 - Highlights from Matt Nagy's Wednesday press conference on the growing trend of coaches sitting starters in the preseason05:45 - Cam understands why coaches don't want to risk injury in the preseason, but also thinks something else may be afoot with Nagy sitting Trubisky08:10 - Is joint practice the future of preseason football?14:00 - Can teams really get the same quality of work done in practice as they can in a preseason game?19:50 - Talking about Kalyn Kahler's Sports Illustrated article that gave an inside look to the Bears' kicking competition from rookie minicamp21:20 - Moon says that the Bears are actually in a worse position now, than they were last year with Cody Parkey23:15 - Did the Bears do future kickers a disservice by fixating on 43-yard kicks?24:50 - All the guys are excited for Olin Kreutz to join Football Aftershow this seasonSee 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 NBCSportchicago.com.
0:10.8	I'm JJ Stankovic, joined in the Househall Coke Closet by John Moon, Mullen, and Cam Ellis.
0:16.6	Guys, today I want to start this pot off talking about resting your starters in preseason games because Moon, I know you and I might be on different sides of this one.
0:27.5	Cam, we'll see where you land on this as well.
0:30.5	But Moon, you're writing about this for NBCSportschicago.com on Wednesday about if Matt Nagy's right to not play any of his starter, specifically the
0:39.5	quarterback in preseason games. I don't get it. And I felt this way last year. I'm not sure I
0:48.4	believe everything that's coming out of Matt Nagy's mouth about this whole thing. I think he's
0:52.8	protecting his quarterback in more ways than one.
0:55.1	You know, he's not. By that, you mean he's protecting him from looking like Jimmy Garoppolo did?
1:00.7	He's not going to, right. Or he's protecting him. He's not telling us that this guy's not playing
1:06.1	great, which we kind of know. Sorry, Matt, our eyes don't lie here.
1:12.6	But there's just something that doesn't feel right about this.
1:15.5	And I'm looking at it in the course of the story, well, NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes
1:23.4	played in game three last year and played in game two this year for the Chiefs,
1:27.3	but Mr. Chubisky doesn't have to. Deshawn Watson played in game three last year and played in game two this year for the Chiefs but Mr. Trubisky doesn't have to. Dishon Watson played in game three last year and
1:32.6	game two already in this year for the Texans but Mr. Biscuit didn't have to.
1:37.0	Drew Brees played in the game three. Tom Brady played in game three but Mr.
1:41.0	Trisky didn't have to and I don't get it. There's something that is not
1:44.8	feeling right about this. Now, whether he wants to protect his confidence, because I think one of
1:50.4	the things we saw in camp, and this is why I would be playing or something, you need to get
1:54.1	some, if you get to a problem, I guess you can always work it out completely in practice.
1:58.8	But if you treat this like a scrimmage, which is basically
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