Philadelphia Eagles @ Chicago Bears Preview
Monday Night Football sees the undefeated Super Bowl 2025 winners, the Philadelphia Eagles, take on the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field.
The Eagles have impressed in the early stages of the NFL seasonclaiming narrow wins over Washington and Tennessee thus far.
The Bears put up 59 points on the Carolina Panthers in Week 1 before losing 9-3 to the Minnesota Vikings last week in an incredibly low-scoring game.
Worse than the dismal score was the injury to quarterback Caleb Williams. Williams has a hamstring strain that will keep him out for at least a month.
It’s a big blow for the Bears who reached the divisional round of the playoffs a year ago.
“Well, his opportunity is the way I see it,” coach Ben Johnson said. “I think our guys see it that way, too.
“I’m sure one of those things that everybody outside the building is writing to us and telling us it can’t be done and we really like it and so guys will step up to the plate.
“Guys that maybe we don’t expect or expect. We have a very talented team and it’s been that way. I’ve said it in the spring. I’ve been saying it all around campus. We have high expectations of where this year can go and we’re just going to keep getting better.”
To make matters worse for the Bears, backup quarterback Tyson Bagent is out with a concussion, so Case Keenum is expected to start on Monday.
The Eagles will hope running back Saquon Barkley is back to his best after his own injury woes last week.
Barkley hurt his neck after being tackled and played just 10 snaps.
“I’ve had a history of (expletive) before. This is the first bad one I’ve had in a long time,” Barkley said. “It’s also like a wake-up call for me. I’ve been very active focusing on my lower body and the longevity of my career.
“I probably wasn’t as big as I needed to be with the stability of my neck and the strengthening of my neck. So it’s putting that into my routine and having that as part of my process and just like I attack everything from head to toe, I do the same with my neck.
“It’s good to get an MRI knowing it’s nothing, hopefully, God willing, where I worry about my career and I can just go out there and play freely.”
