The 1-5 Chicago Bears will play the 3-3 Las Vegas Raiders at Soldier Field in a Week 7 matchup. Here’s what it’s essential to know earlier than kickoff (midday, FOX).
‘I’ve just about beat each odd that there was for me’
Five years in the past, Tyson Bagent was starting his collegiate profession at Division II Shepherd, in Shepherdstown, W.Va., his native college and the alma mater of his mother and father. He had obtained simply two Division I FCS provides — and no FBS provides — regardless of main his highschool workforce to 2 state championships.
Less than six months in the past, he went unselected within the NFL draft regardless of a record-breaking collegiate profession and stable efficiency on the Senior Bowl.
Seven weeks in the past, after a robust coaching camp and preseason, he beat out veteran PJ Walker to make the Bears roster regardless of getting into camp because the fourth quarterback.
Now, on Sunday when he takes the sphere in opposition to the Raiders, Bagent will turn into simply the fourth undrafted rookie quarterback since 1990 to begin inside the first seven video games of the season, the final Devlin Hodges in 2019, in keeping with NFL Communications. Read extra right here.
Looking forward to the 2024 NFL draft
There is all the time that one participant — the man who stands out from the remaining, who rises to the event, blossoms within the second and lives in recollections for years to come back.
That participant is rarely a Bears quarterback.
With 11 video games remaining and the timeline unclear for Justin Fields to return from a dislocated proper thumb, it’s changing into doubtless the Bears will probably be out there for a quarterback once more within the 2024 NFL draft.
The Tribune traveled to Chapel Hill, N.C., to see Drake Maye and to South Bend, Ind., to see Caleb Williams, additionally talking with 11 expertise evaluators, starting from nationwide scouts to GMs, in addition to others in regards to the two quarterbacks’ prospects and the Bears’ choices. Read extra right here.
Stats package deal
The Bears will look to finish a 56-week drought with no house victory after they face the Raiders at Soldier Field.
The Bears are once more underdogs, nevertheless, and must put forth a crisp and full effort to get again on the profitable monitor. Read extra right here.
Miss something this week? Catch up earlier than kickoff.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com