The 2-5 Chicago Bears will play the 2-4 Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium in a Week 8 matchup. Here’s what it’s essential know earlier than kickoff (7:20 p.m., NBC-5).
‘The main thing I’ve realized is the room for error is quite a bit smaller’
Every week of Darnell Wright’s rookie season, there was social media examination of how the Chicago Bears first-round choose is faring — clips of him plowing a path within the run sport together with his athleticism, holding his personal to permit quarterback Justin Fields time and, sure, getting beat by veteran cross rushers.
But the movie of Wright’s efficiency in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders and two-time Pro Bowl defensive finish Maxx Crosby on Sunday was uncommon. For a number of performs within the Bears’ 30-12 victory, it seemed like Wright was preserving Crosby away from backup quarterback Tyson Bagent with the usage of solely his proper arm.
Wright handled a left shoulder harm all final week in observe, and coach Matt Eberflus mentioned he pushed via ache to assist a Bears offensive line that paved the way in which for 173 dashing yards and allowed only one sack of Bagent. Eberflus recommended Wright “for gutting it through,” even when it didn’t look fairly at occasions.
Wright’s standing this week is value monitoring carefully because the Bears put together to face the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday evening at SoFi Stadium. Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa shall be making an attempt to get after Bagent, who is anticipated to make his second begin rather than Fields. Read extra right here.
Stats bundle
Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent — in his first NFL begin final week — accomplished 21 of 29 passing makes an attempt for 162 yards and a landing and posted a 97.2 passer ranking. He additionally had three runs for twenty-four yards. Bagent averaged 7.7 yards per completion and didn’t try a cross that traveled greater than 15 yards past the road of scrimmage however nonetheless guided the Bears to a runaway victory.
Of the final 10 quarterbacks to make their first NFL begin with the Bears — Bagent, Justin Fields, Mitch Trubisky, Matt Barkley, Caleb Hanie, Kyle Orton, Craig Krenzel, Rex Grossman, Henry Burris and Shane Matthews — Bagent’s first-start ranking ranks second and his passing yardage whole fifth. Read extra right here.
Stadium information
Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon is encouraging the Bears to contemplate Country Club Hills, throwing what her workplace described as a “Hail Mary pass” to encourage the workforce to contemplate the south suburb.
Gordon mentioned in a information launch Tuesday she and Country Club Hills Mayor James Ford “are imploring the team to look at the south suburbs as an opportunity to have a positive economic impact on a part of the Chicagoland area that is ignored all too often.”
“We’re taking our shot in the dark here,” Ford mentioned. Read extra right here.
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