Chicago Bears fans have been eagerly anticipating September 8 since the schedule was released way back on May 14. That’s more than 16 weeks between that date and the Monday Night Football season kickoff tomorrow night, and it’s been 16 weeks full of training camp ups and downs, some quarterback drama sparked from a book, and some franchise drama sparked from a long-form article.

Some real football can’t get here fast enough.

The first game of the Ben Johnson era, in year two of the Caleb Williams era, was always going to be must-see TV, and putting them on prime time with the eyes of the football world watching was like a no-brainer.

Win, lose, or draw, it’ll be nice to talk about the product on the field; however, nothing will erase the off-the-field drama like a win.

Chicago’s week t

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