Real NFL football started on Thursday Night with the Green Bay Packers taking on the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field and boy was it a football game. Both the Packers and the Bears offenses got off to lethargic starts that quickly became evident it wasn’t just great defensive play as the reason for the slop fest.
I don’t know if it was the primary reason, but it’s worth noting that Aaron Rodgers didn’t play a snap in the 2019 NFL preseason and Mitch Trubisky didn’t throw a pass. Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone didn’t go to that extreme, but it was close as Nick Foles threw a total of 10 passes in the preseason.