Chicago Bears Week 8 playbook: What to know ahead of Commanders matchup

26 October 2024Last Update :
Chicago Bears Week 8 playbook: What to know ahead of Commanders matchup

Caleb Williams, taken No. 1 by the Chicago Bears, and Jayden Daniels, selected immediately after by the Washington Commanders, look like established veterans despite still having the scent of Similac behind their ears. — Read more from Jim Trotter

Week 8 at Washington Commanders, 3:25 p.m. CT (CBS)

Catch up on what you need to know from this week on the Bears:

Caleb Williams is coming home to Washington, D.C.
Everyone loves a story of local boy makes good, and Williams is ready to show the locals how far he’s come. Just don’t ask him for a ticket.

Caleb Williams, Kliff Kingsbury to reunite as foes
After coaching him his final year at USC, Kliff Kingsbury reunites with Caleb Williams this Sunday, this time on opposing sidelines.

Bears mailbag: Trade candidates, Rome Odunze’s usage and Week 8 picks
Are the Bears sellers? What can their offense do against a below-average Commanders defense?

NFC North roundtable: Status report through 7 weeks?
We’ll learn a lot more over the next two weeks before they head into division play, but this team went from “same old Bears” to “What, we’re good enough to get flexed?” in less than a month.

This Bears fan has attended every home game for 60 years — and he lives in Colorado
Scott Wilseck has attended every Bears home game — aside from the 2020 season, when fans weren’t allowed at Soldier Field.

Scouting the Commanders

Hope is dangerous in D.C., but Jayden Daniels has the Commanders believing
Washington’s rookie quarterback has his teammates — and the league — buzzing, but Daniels went pro long before he donned burgundy and gold.

Jayden Daniels returns to practice, questionable vs. Bears
Daniels practiced on Friday after missing the previous two days.

Jayden Daniels’ injury positions Marcus Mariota into familiar territory
Possible starter Mariota is primarily focused on keeping his weekly routine and “letting everything else fall into place

CB Kevon Seymour suspended 6 games
The NFC East leaders will be without Seymour after he was suspended for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy.

Commanders release 2021 first-round pick Jamin Davis
The team announced the release of the 19th player selected in the 2021 NFL Draft.

How good are the Bears?

Check out Austin Mock’s 2024 NFL projections, where you will find each team’s probability of conquering its division, advancing through the playoffs and winning the Super Bowl. The projections are based on 100,000 simulations of the remainder of the season, which factors in each team’s projected strength, current health as well as its remaining schedule.

(Top photo of Caleb Williams: Richard Heathcote / Getty Images)