On Monday evening, the Chicago Bears will kick off their 2025 season when they host the divisional rival Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football live from Soldier Field . The game will be a good opportunity for the team to showcase their supposed improvement under head coach Ben Johnson for a national audience.

Just one problem: the turf on Soldier Field is an absolute disaster with less than two hours remaining until kickoff.

“Several members of the field crew at Soldier Field are surveying the turf right now and placing a sand/seed mix in areas that need to be filled on the playing surface,” reported Courtney Cronin of ESPN on X, formerly Twitter. “The field was re-sodded after a stretch of five concerts at the end of August.”

Meanwhile, Chris Hawkeye of KFAN provided a look

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