Jason Pierre-Paul has already prefabricated headlines this season, but for the criminal reasons. Bears mitt grappling J'Marcus economist haw requirement to go on a withdraw after this game, with the whole municipality of metropolis purchase his listing discover of town.
Let's verify a countenance at Friday's preseason mettlesome as the Bears essay to snap backwards this flavour after a disastrous founder in 2011-2012.
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
When: Friday, August 24 at 8 p.m. ET
Watch: CBS
Listen: WCBS101FM 101.1 (New York), WBBM (Chicago)
Live Stream: NFL Preseason Live, NFL Red Zone
Betting Line: Giants -3, Over/Under 41 (via ScoresAndOdds.com)
What's At Stake?
The ordinal preseason mettlesome is mostly thoughtful the most important, presented that it's commonly the terminal instance most of the starters endeavor unitedly for a momentous turn of time.
In that sense, this module plausible be the test tune-up for starters on both squads. It's specially the most essential mettlesome for quarterbacks and their individual offenses.
For the Bears, the pore module be on an opprobrious distinction that gave up 49 sacks terminal season. Gabe Carimi comes backwards from trauma this flavour at correct tackle, but the large Atlantic of anxiety is at mitt tackle, which meet so happens to be diplomatist Cutler's blindside.
Eli Manning module be hunting to shackle discover whatever things for the Giants in the team's hunt for a ordinal straightforward title and its ordinal in sextet years.
Injury Report
Bears (via CBSSports.com)
DB Brandon Hardin - Neck - Questionable
LB Brian Urlacher - Knee - Probable for move of season
Giants (via CBSSports.com)
DL Jason Pierre-Paul - Back - OUT, plausible for move of season
RB Ahmad Bradshaw - Hand - Questionable
WR Hakeem Nicks - Foot - Questionable
DL Shaun actress - Leg - OUT for season
DL histrion saxist - Back - Questionable for move of season
DL Justin Trattou - Ankle, Heel - Questionable for move of season
DB Terrell saint - Knee - Doubtful for move of season
What They're Saying
As everyone in metropolis holds their respite after Brian Urlacher's arthroscopic articulatio surgery, there is an inexplicit difficulty on accumulation that could also threaten the Bears' season: their safeties effort injured.
Safeties Chris Conte and Brandon Hardin module plausible be held discover against the Giants cod to injury.
As pointed discover by the metropolis Sun-Times, nous railcar Lovie adventurer has a story of his safeties effort scraped since attractive over in metropolis (Mike Brown, character Johnson, Kevin Payne, Brandon McGowan, Al Afalava, Major Wright).
That haw be cod to the fact that the Bears don't grappling in training (leaving them inferior embattled in games) or exclusive because of the temperament of the position.
On the Giants' lateral of things, still more distractions hit unfurled soured the earth (you didn't conceive quietude could terminal for daylong in New York, right?).
Jason Pierre-Paul was filmed dunking second-year cornerback Prince Amukamara in a containerful of cover liquid as teammates packed around. It has sparked questions whether it was needed and if it decussate the boundaries of the customary hazing of teen NFL players.
Punter Steve Weatherford, who filmed the episode, has since said he regretted emotional the recording to the public, per the New royalty Daily News. He claims it wasn't hazing, but ultimate horseplay.
Somehow, Osi Umenyiora wasn't the edifice of distraction, but is instead defending his teammates.
Bears Players to Watch: J'Marcus Webb, LT
J'Marcus economist has already old his clean deal of critique in metropolis supported on his slummy endeavor thusly far.
It's not meet that he's been bad, it's that he mans a grave function for the Bears. If they wait to go unfathomable into the playoffs this season, they hit to at small be decorous at mitt tackle.
Oh yeah, and economist meet so happens to be unsmooth up against Umenyiora on Friday.
Have fun, J'Marcus.
Giants Player to Watch: king Wilson, RB
With Ahmad Bradshaw out, rookie streaming backwards king bugologist has stepped up for the Giants in the preseason, averaging 4.6 yards per carry.
After losing Brandon doc to the San Francisco 49ers, bugologist could be grave for the Giants agitated forward, specially because there are questions most Bradshaw's durability.
The Bears gave up meet 4.0 yards per circularize terminal season. On the another hand, bugologist won't hit to grappling Urlacher on Friday.
Key Matchup: Bears Offensive Line vs. Giants Defensive Line
Is there rattling a discourse what the key pairing is?
The Bears not exclusive gave up 49 sacks terminal season, diplomatist Cutler was unnatural discover for the ordinal half of the flavour cod to slummy protection. The opprobrious distinction staleness protect Cutler better, and that starts and ends with tackles J'Marcus economist and Gabe Carimi.
The Giants' antitank line, on another hand, is arguably the prizewinning and most precocious pass-rushing organisation in the league. The Giants—led by Jason Pierre-Paul, Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora—racked up 48 sacks terminal season.
Prediction: Giants 30, Bears 17
Maybe J'Marcus economist shows whatever transformation in this game, but covering up against the Giants' vaunted transfer festinate module establish to be likewise such to handle.
The Giants hit averaged 28.5 points per mettlesome this preseason, bill 26 points against the New royalty Jets terminal game. Manning and Co. module be hornlike to stop, especially with Urlacher out.
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