Week 12 Pre-Gamin’: Bears at Eagles – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

At this time last year, the Philadelphia Eagles were working through a rebuild around a rookie quarterback who showed an ability to play at a high level in spurts. Fast forward a year and the Eagles are 9-1 and are among the favorites to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.

The Chicago Bears are currently working through a rebuild with a rookie quarterback who has shown an ability to play at a high level in spurts. What this team looks like a year from now is something I’m looking forward to seeing with my own two eyes. But we’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

In any case, the hope is for the Bears to leave Philadelphia healthy and having taken good notes on what needs to be done to build a competitive roster. And if Mitch Trubisky engineers an upset win on the road, then we’ll have quite the story on our hands.

Game Info

Chicago Bears (3-7, 4th NFC North) at Philadelphia Eagles (9-1, 1st NFC East) – noon, FOX-TV (Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis, Pam Oliver), WBBM-AM 780, WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman)

Odds: Eagles (-14.5), Over/Under 44,5 via Bovada.

Game Thread and Week 12 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 get back in the win column.

Your Week 12 Preview lives here.

Coaches

John Fox (131-119 overall, 12-30 with Bears) vs. Doug Pederson (16-10 overall)

Starting Quarterbacks

Bears: Mitch Trubisky: 988 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions, 53.1 completion percentage, 78.2 rating

versus

Eagles: Carson Wentz: 2,430 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, 5 interceptions, 59.7 completion percentage, 103.4 rating

Bears Inactives

Danny Trevathan headlines this week’s list of inactives, and is joined by wide receiver Josh Bellamy, defensive backs Bryce Callahan and DeAndre Houston-Carson, offensive lineman Tom Comtpon, defensive end Roy Robertson-Harris, and quarterback Mark Sanchez.

Bears Expected Offensive Starters

  • QB Mitch Trubisky
  • RB Jordan Howard
  • FB Michael Burton
  • WR Dontrelle Inman
  • WR Kendall Wright
  • TE Adam Shaheen
  • LT Charles Leno Jr.
  • LG Josh Sitton
  • C Cody Whitehair
  • RG Kyle Long
  • RT Bobby Massie
  • Bears Expected Defensive Starters

  • DE Akiem Hicks
  • NT Eddie Goldman
  • DE Mitch Unrein
  • OLB Sam Acho
  • ILB Christian Jones
  • ILB Nick Kwiatkoski
  • OLB Pernell McPhee
  • CB Kyle Fuller
  • CB Prince Amukamara
  • FS Eddie Jackson
  • SS Adrian Amos
  • Bears Specialists

  • Connor Barth (kicker), Pat O’Donnell (punter, holder), Andrew DePaola (long snapper), Benny Cunningham, Tarik Cohen (kick returners), Tarik Cohen (punt returner)
  • Eagles Inactives:

    Eagles Offense Expected Starters:

  • QB Carson Wentz
  • RB LeGarrette Blount
  • WR Alshon Jeffery
  • WR Torrey Smith
  • TE Zach Ertz
  • TE Brent Celek
  • LT Halapoulivaati Vaitai
  • LG Stefen Wisniewski
  • C Jason Kelce
  • RG Brandon Brooks
  • RT Lane Johnson
  • Eagles Defense Expected Starters:

  • DE Brandon Graham
  • DT Timmy Jernigan
  • DT Fletcher Cox
  • DE Vinny Curry
  • OLB Mychal Kendricks
  • OLB Nigel Bradham
  • CB Jalen Mils
  • CB Ronald Darby
  • CB Patrick Robinson
  • S Rodney McLeod
  • S Malcolm Jenkins
  • Eagles Specialists:

  • Jake Elliott (kicker), Donnie Jones Martin (punter, holder), Rick Lovato (long snapper), Kenjon Barner, Corey Clement (kick returns), Kenjon Barner (punt returns)
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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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