The star linebacker never played in a preseason game this year, and is learning a new position.
Eberflus compared Smith to Robert Quinn, in the sense that he believes each can play well in the regular season without extensive preseason work. That’s probably not the most fair comparison considering Quinn is entering his 11th NFL season while Smith is entering year five. Further, Quinn has extensive experience playing defensive end in a 4-3 scheme, while playing weakside linebacker in the NFL will be new to Smith.
Eberflus has also reiterated that he values practice time, just like he values preseason time. Although the preseason is done, the Bears still have two weeks until their regular season opener on Sept. 11. Smith and Quinn can each make good use of that time to better prepare for when the lights come on for real.
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