Bears-Packers (Noon CT) Episode CCIV: Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

I’m California dreamin’ of Justin Fields putting up crazy numbers and banishing Aaron Rodgers from ever playing at Soldier Field again.

Hey, don’t give me that look. I’m always letting you dream your biggest dreams. How about letting me dream big for a change? Thanks. I knew you’d understand.

Game Info and TV Coverage

Chicago Bears (3-9, 4th NFC North) vs Green Bay Packers (4-8, 3rd NFC North) – FOX (Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth); WBBM 780 AM, 105.9 FM (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Mark Grote)

Kickoff Time: Noon CT
Site:
Soldier Field; Chicago.
Referee: Scott Novak
Odds: GB -4.5, O/U 44.5 (via DraftKings Sports Book)

Game Thread (Week 13 Preview)

Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And, hopefully, we can get out of this game in one piece.

Hype Video

Starting Quarterbacks and Projected Game Stats

Bears: Justin Fields: 13/21, 148 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 12 carries, 83 rushing yards, 1 TD

vs.

Packers: Aaron Rodgers: 20/31, 245 passing yards, 2 TD, 1 INT; 2 carries, 6 rushing yards

Week 13 projected stats via ESPN projections

Bears Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Justin Fields (He’s back!)
•   RB David Montgomery
•   WRs Chase Claypool, Equanimeous St. Brown, Byron Pringle
•   TE Cole Kmet
•   LT Braxton Jones, LG Cody Whitehair, C Sam Mustipher, RG Teven Jenkins, RT Riley Reiff

Defense
•   LDE Trevis Gipson, LDT Angelo Blackson, RDT Justin Jones, RDE Dominique Robinson
•   SAM Joe Thomas, MIKE Jack Sanborn, WILL Nicholas Morrow
•   LCB Jaylon Johnson, RCB Jaylon Jones
•   FS Elijah Hicks, SS DeAndre Houston-Carson

Specialists
•   Cairo Santos (kicker), Trenton Gill (punter, holder), Patrick Scales (long snapper), Dante Pettis (punt returns), Velus Jones Jr. (kick returns)

Packers Projected Starters

Offense
•   QB Aaron Rodgers
•   RB Aaron Jones
•   WR Christian Watson, Allen Lazard, Sammy Watkins
•   TE Robert Tonyan
•   LT Zach Tom, LG Elgton Jenkins, C Josh Myers, RG Jon Runyan, RT Yosh Nijman

Defense
•   LDE Dean Lowry, NT Kenny Clark, RDE Jarran Reed
•   WLB Preston Smith, LILB De’Vondre Campbell, RILB Quay Walker, SLB Kingsley Enagbare
•   LCB Jaire Alexander, RCB Rasul Douglas
•   FS Rudy Ford, SS Adrian Amos

Specialists
•   Mason Crosby (kicker), Pat O’Donnell (punter, holder), Jack Coco (long snapper), Keisean Nixon (kick and punt returns)

Inactives

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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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