Week 12 Pre-Gamin’: BEARS vs. GIANTS (Noon CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

Two teams with a combined 6-14 record enter Soldier Field playing for their fans to have bragging rights when it comes to pizza supremacy.

Buckle up, baby!

Game Info

Chicago Bears (4-6 3rd NFC North) vs. New York Giants (2-8, 3rd NFC East), noon CT, FOX-TV (Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman, Shannon Spake), WBBM-AM 780 and WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Odds: Rams (-6), Over/Under 40, via the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas.

Game Thread and Week 11 Preview

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. Let’s see if the Bears can make it two-in-a-row.

Your Week 12 Preview lives here.

Coaches

Matt Nagy (16-10) vs. Pat Shurmur (17-42 overall, 7-19 with Giants)

Starting Quarterbacks

Bears: Mitch Trubisky

Last week at Rams: 24-43 (55.81%), 190 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 65.1 rating

versus

Giants: Daniel Jones

Week 10 at Jets: 26-40 (65%), 308 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT, 121.7 rating

Bears Inactives:

Bears Expected Offensive Starters

  • QB Mitch Trubisky
  • RB David Montgomery
  • WR Allen Robinson II
  • WR Taylor Gabriel
  • WR Anthony Miller
  • TE Ben Braunecker
  • LT Charles Leno Jr.
  • LG James Daniels
  • C Cody Whitehair
  • RG Rashaad Coward
  • RT Bobby Massie
  • Bears Expected Defensive Starters

  • DT Roy Robertson Harris
  • NT Eddie Goldman
  • OLB Khalil Mack
  • ILB Nick Kwiatkoski
  • ILB Roquan Smith
  • OLB Leonard Floyd
  • CB Kyle Fuller
  • CB Prince Amukamara
  • CB Buster Skrine
  • S Eddie Jackson
  • S Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
  • Bears Specialists

  • Eddy Piñeiro (kicker), Pat O’Donnell (punter, holder), Patrick Scales (long snapper), Cordarrelle Patterson (kick returner), Tarik Cohen (punt returner)
  • Giants Inactives:

    Giants Offense Expected Starters:

  • QB Daniel Jones
  • RB Saquon Barkley
  • WR Golden Tate
  • WR Darius Slayton
  • WR Sterling Shepard
  • TE Scott Simonson
  • LT Nate Solder
  • LG Will Hernandez
  • C Jon Halapio
  • RG Kevin Zeitler
  • RT Mike Remmers
  • Giants Defense Expected Starters:

  • LDE Dexter Lawrence
  • NT Dalvin Tomlinson
  • RDE B.J. Hill
  • WLB Markus Golden
  • LILB Alec Ogeltree
  • RILB David Mayo
  • SLB Lorenzo Carter
  • LCB DeAndre Baker
  • RCB Janoris Jenkins
  • FS Antoine Bethea
  • SS Jabrill Peppers
  • Giants Specialists:

  • Aldrick Rosas (kicker), Riley Dixon (punter, holder), Zak DeOssie (long  snapper), Jabrill Peppers (kick, 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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