Official Texans @ Bears Game Thread, 9/25/2022

[Arky]

The 0-1-1 Texans head off to Chicago to play the 1-1 Bears this Sunday in an early game on CBS. Surprisingly, the Texans are 4-1 all time vs. the Bears. They last met in the dismal 2020 season when the Bears got their first win against the Texans, 36-7 (I missed the memo about why they are playing just 2 years later instead of 4 years). Mitch Trubisky carved them up that day for 3 TDs and no INTs and Deshaun Watson had a safety to aid their cause.

This year, the Bears are led by QB Justin Fields who doesn't pass a whole lot and is more likely to run with the ball than pass. When he does pass, he often goes to the other Bears running backs David Montgomery and Khalil Herbert. It's early in the year but the Bears defense is rated 7th vs. the pass and last (32nd) vs. the run. So, hello Dameon Pierce.

The Texans need to start showing a pulse on offense and get the TDs instead of the FGs. The Bears are favored by 2½ to 3 so at a neutral site, it would be a coin flip as to who the winner is. It's a winnable game but obviously they have to execute.

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TV = CBS (channel 11 local), Sunday, noon CST, September 25, 2022

Announcers = Andrew Catalon, James Lofton

The line = Bears by 2½ to 3

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Other Sunday viewing in the Houston area:

FOX (early) = New Orleans @ Carolina, Dan Hellie, Matt Millen

FOX (late) = Green Bay @ Tampa Bay, Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen

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Prime time:

TNF = Pittsburgh @ Cleveland (Amazon)

SNF = San Francisco @ Denver (NBC)

MNF = Dallas @ NY Giants (ESPN/ABC)