The Chicago Bears and Las Vegas Raiders have a few similarities: • 1-2 Records • New Head Coaches (Ben Johnson and Pete Carroll) • Young Offensive Talent (Caleb Williams, Rome Odunze and Brock Bowers, Ashton Jeanty) • Bad defenses (Bears have allowed 31.0 ppg and Raiders have allowed 24.7 ppg)
However, this past week could prove two teams moving in different directions. The Bears are fresh off of their most convincing victory in at least a calendar year, beating the Cowboys 31-14, while the Raiders got pummeled by the Jayden Daniels-less Commanders, 41-24.
There are a lot of key matchups we should be focusing on, including who keeps Bowers/Jeanty from their respective breakout games, if Wright/Jones can shut down Maxx Crosby, and whether the Raiders can exploit the Bears beat up