Preseason Week 3 Pre-Gamin’: Bears at Titans – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

The moment of (preseason) truth has arrived.

Finally, the Mike Glennon-Mitch Trubisky showdown is nearly ready to get underway in Nashville as the Chicago Bears travel to take on the Tennessee Titans in a nationally televised game on FOX. This game really would have had an intriguing twist had Jay Cutler not returned to football and instead stayed in the booth for his first game as a commentator. I have a feeling both sides are happy with the decision that was made.

As for what’s going on at field level, the Bears are coming off their first preseason win – a nail-biter (by preseason standards) against the Arizona Cardinals in which Chicago came away with a one-point victory. Glennon and Trubisky each threw touchdown passes, but Glennon also threw his second interception in as many games. Things looked better for the expected starter, though it would’ve been difficult to look worse than he did against the Denver Broncos in the preseason opener. Trubisky didn’t shine the way he did against the Broncos, but still completed 6 of 8 passes and engineered a touchdown-scoring drive. And because of his efforts, Trubisky will finally see some first-team snaps this afternoon.

The Tennessee Titans line up on the other side of the field, and they should provide quite the competition for the Bears. Marcus Mariota took significant positive strides in his second year in the pros, helping lead the Titans to a 9-7 record. Tennessee narrowly missed the playoffs last year, but looks to rebound behind the strength of a smashmouth running game led by a former NFL rushing champion (DeMarco Murray) and Heisman Trophy winner (Derrick Henry), an evolving passing attack, and a front seven with potential.

 

All things considered, this team is a perfect matchup for the Bears to see where they really are at this point of the preseason.

Let’s get it on!

Game Info

Tennessee Titans (2016: 9-7, 2nd AFC South) at Chicago Bears (2016: 3-13, 4th NFC North) – Noon CT on FOX TV (Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis, Pam Oliver), WBBM-AM 780 and WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman)

Odds: Titans (-3.5), Over/Under 43 via Covers.com

Game Thread

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And hopefully, we can keep the good times rolling throughout the preseason and into the regular season.

Coaches

John Fox (128-112 overall, 9-23 with Bears) vs. Mike Mularkey (27-46, 11-14 with Titans)

Projected Starting Quarterbacks

Bears: Mike Glennon: 4,100 passing yards, 30 touchdowns, 15 interceptions, 59.4 completion percentage, 84.6 rating (21 career games)

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Titans: Marcus Mariota: 3,426 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, 61.2 completion percentage 95.6 rating (15 games in 2016)

Bears First-String

RB Jordan Howard

FB Michael Burton

WR Cameron Meredith, Kevin White

TE Dion Sims

OL Charles Leno Jr. (LT), Kyle Long (LG) (out), Cody Whitehair (C), Josh Sitton (RG), Bobby Massie (RT)

DE Akiem Hicks, Mitch Unrein (out)

NT Eddie Goldman

OLB Willie Young, Leonard Floyd

ILB Jerrell Freeman, Danny Trevathan (traveled with the team and might play)

CB Prince Amukamara, Marcus Cooper

S Quintin Demps, Adrian Amos

ST Connor Barth (PK), Pat O’Donnell (P), Patrick Scales (LS), Deonte Thompson (KR), Bryce Callahan (out) (PR)

Bears Second-String

QB Mark Sanchez

RB Jeremy Langford

FB Freddie Stevenson*

WR Victor Cruz, Markus Wheaton (out, pinky surgery)

TE Zach Miller

OL Bradley Sowell (LT), Cyril Richardson (LG), Hroniss Grasu (C), Will Poehls (RG), Tom Compton (RT)

DE Jaye Howard, Jonathan Bullard (out)

NT John Jenkins

OLB Pernell McPhee (out, PUP list), Sam Acho

ILB John Timu, Nick Kwiatkoski

CB Bryce Callahan (out), Kyle Fuller

S Harold Jones-Quartey, Chris Prosinski

ST Roberto Aguayo (PK), Benny Cunningham (KR), Cre’von LeBlanc (PR)

Bears Third-String

QB Mitch Trubisky*

RB Tarik Cohen*

WR Kendall Wright, Josh Bellamy (out)

Dieugot Joseph* (LT), Jordan Morgan (LG), Taylor Boggs (C), Mitchell Kirsch* (RG), Brandon Greene* (RT)

TE Adam Shaheen*

DE Kapron Lewis-Moore, C.J. Wilson

NT Rashaad Coward*

OLB Lamarr Houston, Dan Skuta

ILB Christian Jones, Jonathan Anderson (out)

CB Cre’von LeBlanc, B.W. Webb

S Deon Bush, Deiondre’ Hall DeAndre Houston-Carson (out, but quietly moved up the depth chart after earning the best grade given to a Bears player by PFF)

ST Eddie Jackson* (PR)

Titans First-String

RB DeMarco Murray

FB Jalston Fowler

WR Rishard Matthews, Corey Davis

TE Delanie Walker

OL Taylor Lewan (LT), Quinton Spain (LG), Ben Jones (C), Josh Kline (RG), Jack Conklin (RT)

DE DaQuan Jones

NT Sylvester Williams

DT Jurrell Casey

OLB Brian Orakpo, Derrick Morgan

ILB Wesley Woodyard, Avery Williamson

CB LeShaun Sims, Logan Ryan

FS Kevin Byard, SS Johnathan Cyprien

ST Ryan Succop (PK), Brett Kern (P), Beau Brinkley (LS), Eric Weems (KR, PR)

*Bears Rookie