Not that we’d like to re-visit last week’s debacle against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but Jordan Howard averaged 0.8 yards per rush, Mike Glennon turned the ball over three times, and the defense couldn’t keep Mike Evans from having a big game in Week 2.
So much for building on the positives from Week 1.
Now, here come the Pittsburgh Steelers, a franchise that represents everything the Bears should want to be. The Steelers are a family own team run like a well-oiled machine. They’ve had three coaches since the start of the 1969 season, and each has Super Bowl rings. The Bears have had three coaches in the last 2012, but only one has led a team to a winning record … and he was fired after that season came to an end.
Pittsburgh has playmakers on offense and a defense that has stifled opponents through two games. Chicago is still searching for an identity beyond a much-maligned dink-and-dunk passing game and being good enough to hang tough while not being good enough to get over the hump during winning time.
Two teams at opposite ends of the NFL spectrum meet at Soldier Field in a Week 3 matchup that will hopefully show more flashes of Week 1 than Week 2.
Game Info
Pittsburgh Steelers (2-0, 1st AFC North) at Chicago Bears (0-2, 4th NFC North) – noon CT on CBS (Greg Gumble, Trent Green, Jamie Erdahl), WBBM-AM 780, WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman)
Odds: Steelers (-7.5), Over/Under 44 via Bovada.lv
Game Thread and Week 2 Preview
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Your Week 3 Preview lives here.
You can check out who joins right Guard Josh Sitton on the Bears’ list of inactives here.
Coaches
John Fox (128-114 overall, 9-25 with Bears) vs. Mike Tomlin (105-57 with Steelers)
Starting Quarterbacks
Bears: Mike Glennon: 514 passing yards, 2 touchdown, 2 interceptions, 67.1 completion percentage, 81.2 rating
versus
Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger: 506 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 1 interceptions, 66.2 completion percentage, 99.9 rating