Windy City Gridiron
The Chicago Bears (0-0-1) and Buffalo Bills (0-1) are each looking for their first preseason win, but more importantly, in these practice games, they’re looking to get out of there as healthy as possible. The Bears have already announced that they will play all available starters after holding them out last week against the Dolphins, while the Bills have yet to make a declaration (as of Friday night) about their number ones.
Buffalo quarterback Josh Allen was held out last week while their other starters played in their preseason game against the Giants. Allen probably won’t play again, and as for their other starters, Bills’ head coach Sean McDermott said on Friday that they’ll look over their injury report before making a decision.
These two teams practiced together on Friday (recap here), and Chicago head coach Ben Johnson said that they’ll decide how long his starters will play in the preseason game based on how well he feels the practice went.
GAME INFO
The Bears host the Bills from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, August 17, with kickoff set for 7:00 p.m. (CT). The weather forecast calls for a low of 73°F with partly cloudy skies.
TELEVISION
The game will be on FOX for the entire country with Joe Davis and Greg Olsen getting the prime time call, and Pam Oliver as the sideline reporter.
You can check out https://506sports.com/ for the full list of other NFL games and channels for this weekend.
RADIO
ESPN Chicago (1000 AM, 100.3 FM HD2) with Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, and Jason McKie on the call, and LATINO MIX 93.5 FM (Spanish) with Omar Ramos.
ODDS
The Bears are favored by 2.5 points, with the game total over/under at 40.5.
POSTGAME
I’m not sure if we’ll have an immediate postgame show on Sunday night, but if we do, our brand new postgame host this seaosn is Jacob Infante!
We will be live on our 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel with a Bear & Balanced on Monday at 6:00 p.m. (CT), talking through all the exciting preseason action!
