The 2-6 Chicago Bears will play the 4-4 New Orleans Saints on the Caesars Superdome in a Week 9 matchup. Here’s what you might want to know earlier than kickoff (midday, CBS).
When will Justin Fields be QB1 once more?
Bears quarterback Justin Fields practiced Friday afternoon for the primary time since dislocating his thumb on his proper throwing hand through the Oct. 15 recreation towards the Minnesota Vikings.
Fields mentioned at his locker after observe his grip power shouldn’t be all the best way again and there was nonetheless a little bit of ache as he participated in a restricted trend.
As he and the Bears contemplate when he can return, Fields mentioned he must see “if I’m going to be able to make all the throws and be able to withstand hits and stuff like that during the game.” Read extra right here.
Can Montez Sweat be an ‘eraser’ for Bears?
It’s going to be so much to ask Montez Sweat to make the affect Khalil Mack had with the Bears in his first recreation and earlier than him Julius Peppers.
But Ryan Poles was dreaming huge when he grew to become the one common supervisor for a staff with a dropping file to be a purchaser on the commerce deadline day Tuesday.
Poles is banking on Sweat being a distinction maker for seasons to come back and used the time period “eraser” when speaking about the necessity to add elite gamers to the roster Wednesday after Sweat handed his bodily and the commerce of a 2024 second-round draft decide to the Commanders was finalized. Read extra right here.
How to weigh the embarrassments vs. the triumphs?
Maybe, if what the leaders at Halas Hall are promoting has substance, the Chicago Bears might actually be able to enter the on-ramp towards significant progress.
If, as Bears common supervisor Ryan Poles asserted, coach Matt Eberflus is the proper chief for this second, a head-down grinder with excessive integrity and a knack for unifying, then the Bears can face up to one other bumpy week and emerge with higher power.
“I know it looks like we’re far away,” Poles mentioned Wednesday. “But this dude comes in every day and just keeps chipping away.”
If so, November must be as defining as any stretch the Bears will face. The halfway level of the season will formally arrive at halftime Sunday on the Superdome and the Bears will land there with as many departed assistant coaches from Eberflus’ workers (two) as they’ve victories. Read extra right here.
Miss something this week? Catch up on all our protection.
()
Source: www.bostonherald.com