The Chicago Bears travel to face the Washington Commanders tonight at 8:15 p.m. ET in Landover, Maryland, in what promises to be a fierce NFC tilt. Washington enters at 3–2, riding the strength of a ground game that leads the league, while Chicago arrives off a bye with a 2–2 record. The matchup also carries emotional weight: last season’s “Hail Maryland” finish, in which Jayden Daniels hit Noah Brown for a game-winning Hail Mary against Chicago, looms in the background. This time, the Bears will try to rewrite that narrative under new head coach Ben Johnson, and the Commanders will aim to defend home turf and capitalize on their recently strong run defense.
Injuries are already shaping how both teams must adjust. Washington will be without their top two wideout, Terry McLaurin (quadri