Preseason Week 4 Pre-Gamin’: Bears vs. Bills (7:00 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

August 30, 2018, by Luis Medina Chicago Bears

The end is near … and we couldn’t be happier.

While Mitch Trubisky and the rest of the Chicago Bears’ starters have moved on to preparing for the Week 1 matchup against the Green Bay Packers, the rest of the team is taking it down to the wire.

It’s the fifth and final preseason game for the Bears, who have dozens of players vying for a few remaining spots on the season-opening 53-man roster. So even though starters aren’t getting meaningful snaps tonight, there are players on the field competing for a future in the game they love.

Game Info

Chicago Bears (2017: 5-11, 4th NFC North) vs. Buffalo Bills (9-7, 2nd AFC East) – FOX-TV (Kyle Brandt, Jim Miller, Corey Wootton); WBBM-AM 780, FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Site: Soldier Field, Chicago

Referee (via FootballZebras.com): Brad Rogers

Odds: Bears (-3), over/under 36.5

Game Thread

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And hopefully, we can keep the good times rolling throughout the preseason and into the regular season.

Coaches

Bears Matt Nagy (first year with team) vs. Bills Sean McDermott (9-7 with Bills)

Projected Week 1 Starting Quarterbacks

Bears: Mitch Trubisky: 2,193 passing yards, 7 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 59.4 completion percentage, 77.5 quarterback rating (12 games in 2017)

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Bills: AJ McCarron: 920 yards, 6 touchdowns, 2 interception, 64.7 completion percentage, 93.6 passer rating (11 career games)

Bears Projected Starting Offense

QB Tyler Bray
RB Taquan Mizzell
FB Michael Burton
WR Bennie Fowler, Tanner Gentry
TE Ben Braunecker
LT Matt McCants
LG James Daniels*
C Hroniss Grasu
RG Will Pericak
RT Rashaad Coward

Bears Projected Starting Defense

DE Bilal Nichols, Cavon Walker
NT Abdullah Anderson
OLB Kasim Edebali, Isaiah Irving
ILB John Timu, Joel Iyiegbuniwe
CB Doran Grant, Kevin Toliver II*
S Deiondre’ Hall, Nick Orr*

Bears Special Teams

Place kicker: Cody Parkey
Punter: Pat O’Donnell, Ryan Winslow*
Long snapper: Patrick Scales, Tanner Carew*

Reserves – Bears Offense

Running backs: Ryan Nall*, Knile Davis
Wide receivers: Josh Bellamy, Marlon Brown, Demarcus Ayers, Garrett Johnson*
Tight end: Daniel Brown
Tackles: Rashaad Coward, Brandon Greene
Guard: Dejon Allen*