NEWSLETTER
Winning back-to-back games against teams believed to be postseason contenders would be a nice way to end October. But if anyone is out in the Dallas area and at the game, I hope they’re taking notes on how Jerry World looks and passes it along to George McCaskey. The Bears could use all the help they can get in piecing together what the next great state-of-the-art football stadium will look like.
But in the meantime, let’s football.
Game Info
Chicago Bears (3-4, T-2nd NFC North) at Dallas Cowboys (5-2, 3rd AFC East) – FOX (Adam Amin, Daryl Johnston); WBBM 780 AM, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)
Kickoff Time: Noon CT
Site: AT&T Stadium; Arlington, Texas
Referee: Brad Rodgers
Odds: DAL -10, O/U 42.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)
Game Thread (Week 8 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 break a losing streak tonight.
Hype Video
Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats
Bears: Justin Fields: 17/28, 195 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 9 carries, 46 rushing yards
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Cowboys: Dak Prescott: 18/28, 208 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 13 rushing yards
Week 8 projected stats via ESPN projections
Bears Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Justin Fields
• RB David Montgomery
• WRs Darnell Mooney, Equanimeous St. Brown, Velus Jones Jr.
• TE Cole Kmet
• LT Braxton Jones, LG Michael Schofield, C Sam Mustipher, RG Teven Jenkins, RT Riley Reiff
Defense
• LDE Al-Quadin Muhammad, LDT Angelo Blackson, RDT Justin Jones, RDE Dominique Robinson (or Trevis Gipson?)
• SAM Nicholas Morrow, MIKE Joe Thomas, WILL Roquan Smith
• LCB Jaylon Johnson, RCB Kyler Gordon
• FS Eddie Jackson, SS Jaquan Brisker
Specialists
• Cairo Santos (kicker), Trenton Gill (punter, holder), Patrick Scales (long snapper), Dante Pettis (punt returns), Velus Jones Jr. (kick returns)
Cowboys Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Dak Prescott
• RB Tony Pollard
• WRs CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup, Jalen Tolbert
• TE Dalton Schultz
• LT Tyler Smith, LG Connor McGovern, C Tyler Biadasz, RG Zack Martin, RT Terence Steele
Defense
• LDE DeMarcus Lawrence, LDT Osa Odighizuwa, RDT Quinton Bohana, RDE Durance Armstrong
• WLB Anthony Barr, WLB Leighton Vander Esch, SLB Micah Parsons
• LCB Anthony Brown, RCB Trevon Diggs
• FS Donovan Wilson, SS Jayron Kearse
Specialists
• Brett Maher (kicker), Bryan Anger (punter, holder), Matt Overton (long snapper), KaVonte Turpin (kick and punt returns)
