Week 11 Pre-Gamin’: Bears at Falcons (Noon CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Now, *THIS* is how you do a Bears-Falcons road trip:

May the 2022 Bears be as successful as their 1985 bretheren today.

Game Info and TV Coverage

Chicago Bears (3-7, 4th NFC North) at Atlanta Falcons (4-6, 2nd NFC South) – FOX (Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston and Pam Oliver); WBBM 780 AM, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Kickoff Time: Noon CT
Site:
Mercedes Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.
Referee: Tra Blake
Odds: ATL -3, O/U 49.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Game Thread (Week 11 Preview)

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And, hopefully, we can head into Thanksgiving feeling good about this team.

Hype Video

Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats

Bears: Justin Fields: 14/23, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 11 carries, 73 rushing yards, 1 TD

vs.

Falcons: Marcus Mariota: 15/24, 189 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries, 33 rushing yards

Week 11 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 Armon Watts, 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), Velus Jones Jr. (kick returns)

Falcons Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Marcus Mariota
•   RB Cordarrelle Patterson
•   WR Drake London, Olamide Zaccheaus, Damiere Byrd
•   TE Kyle Pitts
•   LT Jake Matthews, LG Colby Gossett, C Drew Dalman RG Chris Lindstrom, RT Kaleb McGary

Defense
•   LDE Ta’Quon Graham, NT Abdullah Anderson, RDE Grady Jarrett
•   WLB Arnold Ebiketie, LILB Mykal Walker, RILB Rashaan Evans, SLB Lorenzo Carter
•   LCB A.J. Terrell, RCB Darren Hall
•   FS Richie Grant, SS Jaylinn Hawkins

Specialists
•  Younghoe Koo (kicker), Bradley Pinion (punter, holder), Liam McCullough (long snapper),Avery Williams (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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