Now, *THIS* is how you do a Bears-Falcons road trip:
May the 2022 Bears be as successful as their 1985 bretheren today.
Game Info and TV Coverage
Chicago Bears (3-7, 4th NFC North) at Atlanta Falcons (4-6, 2nd NFC South) – FOX (Joe Davis, Daryl Johnston and Pam Oliver); WBBM 780 AM, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)
Kickoff Time: Noon CT
Site: Mercedes Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.
Referee: Tra Blake
Odds: ATL -3, O/U 49.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)
Game Thread (Week 11 Preview)
Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And, hopefully, we can head into Thanksgiving feeling good about this team.
Hype Video
Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats
Bears: Justin Fields: 14/23, 174 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 11 carries, 73 rushing yards, 1 TD
vs.
Falcons: Marcus Mariota: 15/24, 189 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 6 carries, 33 rushing yards
Week 11 projected stats via ESPN projections
Bears Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Justin Fields
• RB David Montgomery
• FB Khari Blasingame
• WRs Darnell Mooney, Chase Claypool
• TE Cole Kmet
• LT Braxton Jones, LG Cody Whitehair, C Sam Mustipher, RG Teven Jenkins, RT Riley Reiff
Defense
• LDE Al-Quadin Muhammad, LDT Armon Watts, RDT Justin Jones, RDE Trevis Gipson
• SAM Joe Thomas, MIKE Jack Sanborn, WILL Nicholas Morrow
• 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)
Falcons Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Marcus Mariota
• RB Cordarrelle Patterson
• WR Drake London, Olamide Zaccheaus, Damiere Byrd
• TE Kyle Pitts
• LT Jake Matthews, LG Colby Gossett, C Drew Dalman RG Chris Lindstrom, RT Kaleb McGary
Defense
• LDE Ta’Quon Graham, NT Abdullah Anderson, RDE Grady Jarrett
• WLB Arnold Ebiketie, LILB Mykal Walker, RILB Rashaan Evans, SLB Lorenzo Carter
• LCB A.J. Terrell, RCB Darren Hall
• FS Richie Grant, SS Jaylinn Hawkins
Specialists
• Younghoe Koo (kicker), Bradley Pinion (punter, holder), Liam McCullough (long snapper),Avery Williams (kick and punt returns)