Here’s all you need to know about the Bears vs. Lions game!
The Detroit Lions (12-2) travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (4-10) in a battle of first vs. worst in the NFC North. The Bears could play spoiler, as the Lions are trying to hold off the Vikings for the division lead and stay ahead of the Eagles for the top seed in the NFC.
Here’s everything you need to know for the Bears vs. Lions game!
GAME INFO
Kickoff is scheduled for Sunday, December 22, at 12:00 p.m. (CT) from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. The weather will be cloudy with a high of 34 and winds from 10 to 20 mph.
TELEVISION
The game will be aired on FOX, with Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma on the call. If you live in the blue area of this 506sports.com map, then you get to see the Bears vs Lions game.
RADIO
The radio home for the Bears is ESPN 1000 (AM 1000, 100.3 FM HD2), with Jeff Joniak and Tom Thayer in the booth and Jason McKie as the sideline reporter.
Spanish-language broadcasts can be found on LATINO MIX 93.5 FM, with Omar Ramos (play-by-play) and Miguel Esparza (analyst) on the call.
The Bears game can also be heard on SiriusXM.
PREVIEWS
Our team has a bunch of Bears vs. Lions previews that you can find in this week’s story stream here.
Dr. Mason West had our last preview podcast this week, and you can check it out in the embeds below.
Bears vs Lions Preview Podcast
Bears vs Lions Preview Video
You can watch all our preview stuff on our 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel.
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ODDS
The last I checked, the Bears were 6.5-point underdogs.
POSTGAME
Join us on our 2nd City Gridiron video channel after the game ends with Dr. Mason West’s postgame, the Wear and Tear Bears Postgame Show. Once the show wraps, we’ll publish it on our 2nd City Gridiron podcast channel.
For our Chicago-Detroit postgame show, Mason will be joined by Bryan Orenchuk!
Our day-after Bears game recap, Bear & Balanced, will be at 6:00 on Monday night, so join Jeff Berckes and Lester Wiltfong for their cooled-down review on 2nd City Gridiron. Once they 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 you can find in our Chicago vs. Detroit story stream.
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