A national audience will tune into Friday’s showdown between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles, curious to see if the Bears’ 8-3 start stands up to the defending champions’ 8-3 record.

But the Bears aren’t viewing the Week 13 game (2 p.m., Prime Video) as a litmus test of their legitimacy.

“We don’t put that type of energy, that type of effort, that type of pressure on any other game,” quarterback Caleb Williams said. “We go into each game (with the) focus on being 1-0. You don’t look over there (and) compare yourself to their record, their team, their coaches, their players, or anything like that. We focus on us.”

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