The Chicago Bears got a much needed win last week on Monday night football without Jay Cutler and now the team will face another NFC opponent in the Detroit Lions and the game will be on starting at 1:00 pm airing on tv in Fox and streaming from the NFL.com website.
The Bears will get quarterback Jay Cutler after he previously injured his groin and while backup Josh McCown played well in his absence, including in the win against Green Bay, head coach Marc Trestman felt Cutler was the best chance for the team once he was cleared by the medical staff to return. Cutler was originally injured against the Washington Redskins and that shootout loss came prior to a bye week, giving Cutler enough time to recover for the game against the Lions and this matchup is huge in the division, as Detroit already beat the Bears and both teams are tied atop the division with the Green Bay Packers, who just lost Aaron Rodgers to a shoulder injury, throwing everything up for grabs.
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The injury to Cutler gave McCown the chance to play and he looked surprisingly good in the offense, making many wonder if the Bears should play things cautious and give Cutler another week to heal and let McCown start again. After coming in for Cutler he nearly pulled out the victory against the Redskins in a crazy shoutout on the road and he was very solid in directing an impressive upset win against the Packers in Green Bay at Lambeau Field. McCown did not throw a pick in the game against the Redskins and running back Matt Forte continued his strong play this season in the game against the Packers and he likely will be featured plenty against the Lions on Sunday as Cutler gets back onto the field after being injured.
Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery have been one of the best wide receiver duos in the league and they have been very productive and on Sunday they will go up against one of the top ones in Calvin Johnson. Last game Johnson had a record day and now he will go up against a defense that has been giving more yards than in the past. The NFC north division has shaped up into one of the best in the league with the Lions, Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers all looking like possible winners and now the back stretch of the season is even more interesting with a bunch of division games left. Injuries will play a big part in who will win the NFC north division this season, as both Jay Cutler and Aaron Rodgers will have missed important games for their teams by the end of things and with Rodgers being out for possibly a month or more, that could change how things shake out for the Packers and for the division itself.
The Bears come into the game out of a bye week and then the win over the Packers and down the back part of the season, the team plays four road games in five weeks and the middle matchup makes things tough even as a home game, as it's a Monday night football game and that will be against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 14 and they both will need that game as the playoffs get closer. The team has played the night game already with the New York Giants on Thursday night football and as they get into the final part of the season, the team has a number of division games left with the Packers again in Week 17 as well as the Vikings and the Detroit Lions coming up soon as well. The Chicago Bears are hosting the Detroit Lions on Sunday at Soldier Field and the game will start up at 1:00 pm on Fox for Week 10.