Quite honestly, for as little as we saw starters this preseason, I think the coaches put a lot on what they saw in practice. We only saw the preseason games...which doesn't tell you an awful lot when you are playing mostly backups. For example, Andreessen looked incredible when he played with other starters vs Pittsburgh. He wasn't as notable vs the Panthers when we played no starters. He was simply one of the best among the worst. I'll keep my faith in the coaching staff and their evaluations.
The injuries obviously suck, but before I go off all gloom and doom, I want to see what Beane does. With Trubisky out, I would expect another QB added just to play in this last preseason game. Who they add beyond that will tell us a lot about the seriousness of the other injuries.
Don't look now, but if you watched any of the games this weekend,, you saw a number of good punters, booming the ball consistently over 60 yards. Araiza is not all that and a bag of chips. It's water under the bridge. Move on, already.
Thad Brown just roasted Coleman for turtling up on that pass. He said if he were established as a receiver in the league, he could understand it...why risk injury in a preseason game. But since Coleman isn't an established receiver, he needs to lay out to make the catch. Seriously? So he lays out, makes the catch and gets seriously injured. What sense does that make?
Feeling better about the team today. Defensively only Safety depth is suspect due to injury.
Offensively...backup QB is worrisome and because of that, not sure where we are at receiver.