The NFL and NFLPA have made some important progress in negotiations on Monday. After players took to social media clamoring for a safe return to team facilities, the NFL offered up safety protocols that will call for daily COVID-19 testing at training camp.
Another point of contention between the NFL and NFLPA was the preseason. There’s usually a four-game preseason, which the NFL offered to cut in half to two games. But players have remained adamant about not playing any preseason games.
On Monday, the NFL proposed one preseason game. But according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the league has changed its tune and has offered the NFLPA zero preseason games.
While Bears coach Matt Nagy hasn’t always been the biggest fan of preseason, this year it was going to be especially important when it comes to determining some pretty important position battles.
There’s no competition more important or talked about than the quarterback battle between Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles. With the shortened sample size, you figure Trubisky will have an advantage. Especially now with training camp being the only determining factor in the competition.
Now, it appears the next time we’ll see the Bears play will be in the Week 1 opener against the Detroit Lions on Sept. 13.
