Week 9 Pre-Gamin’: Bears vs. Dolphins (Noon CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

A new wide receiver for Justin Fields to target has arrived.

And with him, changes at right tackle and elsewhere on the depth chart (and the gameday active roster) have come.

A 3-5 record be damned, it’s an exciting time to be a Bears fan. Let’s have some fun with this one.

Game Info

Chicago Bears (3-5, T-2nd NFC North) at Miami Dolphins (5-3, T-2nd AFC East) – CBS (Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins); WBBM 780 AM, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Kickoff Time: Noon CT
Site:
Soldier Field, Chicago
Referee: Ron Torbert
Odds: MIA -4, O/U 44.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Game Thread (Week 9 Preview)

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And, hopefully, we can watch the Bears start November with a win.

Hype Video

Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats

Bears: Justin Fields: 15/24, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries, 46 rushing yards

vs.

Dolphins: Tua Tagovailoa: 24/35, 282 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 9 rushing yards

Week 9 projected stats via ESPN projections

Bears Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Justin Fields
•   RB David Montgomery
•   FB Khari Blasingame
•   WRs Darnell Mooney, Chase Claypool
•   TE Cole Kmet
•   LT Braxton Jones, LG Cody Whitehair, C Sam Mustipher, RG Teven Jenkins, RT Riley Reiff

Defense
•   LDE Al-Quadin Muhammad, LDT Angelo Blackson, RDT Justin Jones, RDE Trevis Gipson
•   SAM Joe Thomas, MIKE Jack Sanborn, WILL Nicholas Morrow
•   LCB Jaylon Johnson, RCB Kyler Gordon
•   FS Eddie Jackson, SS Jaquan Brisker

Specialists
•   Cairo Santos (kicker), Trenton Gill (punter, holder), Patrick Scales (long snapper), Dante Pettis (punt returns), Trestan Ebner (kick returns)

Dolphins Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Tua Tagovailoa
•   RB Raheem Mostert
•   WRs Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Trent Sherfield
•   TE Mike Gesicki
•   LT Terron Armstead, LG Robert Jones, C Connor Williams, RG Robert Hunt, RT Austin Jackson

Defense
•   LDE Christian Wilkins, NT Raekwon Davis, RDE Emmanuel Ogbah
•   WLB Jalean Phillips, LILB Elandon Roberts, RILB Jerome Baker, SLB Bradley Chubb
•   LCB Xavien Howard, RCB Noah Igbinoghene
•   FS Jevon Holland, SS Eric Rowe

Specialists
•   Jason Sanders (kicker), Thomas Morstead (punter, holder), Blake Ferguson (long snapper), Tyreek Hill, Raheem Mostert (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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Luis C. Medina, who you can find on Twitter at lcm1986, has been covering the Chicago Bears at Bleacher Nation since 2017. Since then, he has written about 3 head coaches, 5 play-callers, and 11 starting quarterbacks. Previously, Luis wrote about the Cubs and MLB at BN (2015-16) and worked in the Chicago Tribune sports department (2011-16). He also co-hosted a Cubs postgame show, Outside the Ivy, in 2019.

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