NEWSLETTER
Saturday’s alright for football in my book.
For the second straight week, the Chicago Bears – who don’t have much to play for other than pride and the future – will square off against a team hanging on to its playoff livelihood. This week, it’s the Detroit Lions who are at home and hoping to walk over a sub-.500 team en route to a win that puts them a step closer to the postseason.
Of course, the Bears would love nothing more than to thwart their playoff dreams.
Game Info
Chicago Bears (4-9, 4th NFC North) at Detroit Lions (7-6, T-2nd NFC North) – 3:30 p.m. CT, NBC-TV (local), NFL Network (Mike Tirico, Kurt Warner, Heather Cox), WBBM-AM 780, WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman); Westwood One Radio (Brandon Gaudin, Mike Mayock, Ed Werner)
Odds: Lions (-5), Over/Under 44 via Bovada.
Game Thread and Week 15 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 15 Preview lives here.
Coaches
John Fox (132-121 overall, 13-32 with Bears) vs. Jim Caldwell (60-49, 34-27 with Lions)
Starting Quarterbacks
Bears: Mitch Trubisky: 1,508 passing yards, 6 touchdowns, 4 interceptions, 58.2 completion percentage, 80.0 rating
versus
Lions: Matthew Stafford: 3,683 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, 9 interceptions, 65.6 completion percentage, 97.9 rating
Bears Inactives
#DaBears inactive list for CHIvsDET. pic.twitter.com/4PrF3W1Qpe
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 16, 2017
Bears Expected Offensive Starters
Bears Expected Defensive Starters
Bears Specialists
Lions Inactives:
Today's inactive for #CHIvsDET:
WR Bradley Marquez
RB Zach Zenner
RB Dwayne Washington
C Travis Swanson
T Rick Wagner
T Emmett Cleary
DT Rodney Coe— Detroit Lions (@Lions) December 16, 2017
