When the NFL announced the 2025 schedule, this one was circled by a lot of Chicago fans, and I’m sure by a few Bears’ players. It’s a prime-time matchup between the Chicago Bears (2-2) and the Washington Commanders (3-2), and just like last year, the Bears travel to Washington following their bye week.
The Bears started slow in that game last season, falling behind 12 to 0 mid-way through the third. But they came back to take the lead with just 25 seconds left on the clock… and we all remember how
that game turned out.
Emotions will be high in this one.
GAME INFO
Kickoff is scheduled for Monday night at 7:15 p.m. (CT) from Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland. The weather is expected to be in the mid-50s, with a slight chance of rain.
TELEVISION
The game will air just on ABC’s Monday Night Football, with their number one crew of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth. The ESPN feed will have the Buffalo Bills and Atlanta Falcons on an hour earlier.
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.
The Bears game can also be heard on SiriusXM.
GAME PREVIEWS
Our team has a bunch of Bears vs. Commanders previews that you can find in this week’s story stream here.
Taylor Doll’s weekly Making Monsters preview is off this week as she’s traveling, but you can check me out with my guy Devon Booker at the Line For Line Podcast previewing the game.
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ODDS
The last time I checked the odds from our partners at FanDuel, the oddsmakers have the Bears at +4.5 points and the over/under at 50.
POSTGAME
This season, we have a brand new postgame show, so tune into our 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel shortly after each Bears game for Wrap It Up with Jacob Infante! We’ll push it to our podcast channel as soon as possible after Jacob ends his live show.
Our day-after Bears game recap show is back for another season, so tune in for Bear & Balanced this Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. CT for a cooled-down review of the game. This week I’ll be joined by Taylor Doll, who is filling in for my usual co-host, Jeff Berckes. Once we press stop on the show, you can catch the audio on our podcast channel.
Plus, we’ll have several articles here at WCG breaking down the game that you can find in our Chicago vs. Washington story stream.
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