NEWSLETTER
No need for a fancy, wordy intro.
The Chicago Bears have the hardest road to the postseason:
Weeks 14-17 NFL strength of schedule (per my metrics). Green = Easiest, Red = Hardest pic.twitter.com/8sx5MLFtnc
— Mike Clay (@MikeClayNFL) December 3, 2019
For all intents and purposes, the playoffs started last week. Heck, one could make the argument they really began with the Giants game in Week 12. The Bears won that game. Then they won another a few days later on Thanksgiving, which marks two in a row. If they win tonight, that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before.
And if it happens again, our chatter about the Bears being a playoff contender – despite the long odds – will continue.
Game Info
Chicago Bears (6-6 3rd NFC North) vs. Dallas Cowboys (6-6, 1st NFC East), 7:20 CT, FOX-TV (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews), WBBM-AM 780 and WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)
Odds: Cowboys (-3), Over/Under 42.5, via the Westgate Superbook in Las Vegas.
Game Thread and Week 14 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 three-in-a-row and four of their last five.
Your Week 14 Preview lives here.
Coaches
Matt Nagy (18-10) vs. Jason Garrett (83-65)
Starting Quarterbacks
Bears: Mitch Trubisky
Last week at Lions: 29-38 (76.3%), 338 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT, 118.1 rating
That’s how you win prestigious awards like this one:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5tNuHvlP8x/
versus
Cowboys: Dak Prescott
Last week vs. Bills: 32-49 (65.3%), 355 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 91.8 rating
Bears Inactives:
Inactives for #DALvsCHI: pic.twitter.com/XLsO2GhdkH
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 5, 2019
Bears Expected Offensive Starters
Bears Expected Defensive Starters
Bears Specialists
Cowboys Inactives:
Cowboys inactives: Devin Smith, Tony Pollard, Jeff Heath, Leighton Vander Esch, Joe Jackson, Caleb Benenoch, Antwaun Woods.
— David Helman (@HelmanDC) December 5, 2019
