SEA is coming in as the 3pt favorites at home, which is an even game on a neutral field. Seattle's defense is stout, but they go about it a different way compared to MIN. SEA blitzes less than 20% of the time, they use 3 Safeties a lot. On offense, everything runs thru JSN who has been targeted 28 times in the last two games combined.

This feels like a low scoring game, which means it will be close. I am going 23-20 Bears. As much as SEA looked dominant against KC, I am not sold on them just yet. They are 2-3 in their last 5. They lost to Mariota and the hapless Commanders and to Bo behind the Stix Nix, and barely beat the Chargers.

btw, I can't believe it is Week 8 already.

EPA/P is basically a wash:

Bears Offense vs Seahawks Defense -0.19 at 21.8 pts per game
Seahawks Offense vs Bears Defense -0.18 at 22.2 pts per game

Considering the Bears stats are without Williams for 3+ games, the Bears should have the slight edge.

2 hours ago, adam said:

SEA is coming in as the 3pt favorites at home

We saw how having the odds in your favor worked for Chicago going to GB a few weeks ago. Let’s hope the same plays out here.

And yeah….cant believe we’re pretty much halfway done with the season. 😢

Quentin Nelson traded to Seattle...

23 minutes ago, Mongo3451 said:

Quentin Nelson traded to Seattle...

Just heard that and came here to see if it was reported.

Damn, he is an upgrade to their run game and Jadarian Price's practice window has opened and could be activated.

7 minutes ago, ASHKUM BEAR said:

Just heard that and came here to see if it was reported.

Damn, he is an upgrade to their run game and Jadarian Price's practice window has opened and could be activated.

Charbonnet is also off IR and on the active roster. He was held out last week but might return this week.

Any news on Monangai's return?

42 minutes ago, Pixote said:

Any news on Monangai's return?

I was curious too and found this most recent article from SI. In short it speculates he could be back. Last week was his third week missed and had he needed to be out longer he’d have been out on IR and required to miss four weeks at a minimum. I suspect because of the extra days between games the team won’t be required to report injuries as soon? With extra time to recuperate, here’s to hoping he’s back. They’ll need all the help they can get.

Chicago Bears On SI

Will Kyle Monangai Return in Week 8? Latest Injury Update...

Here's what we know about the possibility of Kyle Monangai returning for the Chicago Bears' Week 8 game.

10 minutes ago, Alaskan Grizzly said:

I was curious too and found this most recent article from SI. In short it speculates he could be back. Last week was his third week missed and had he needed to be out longer he’d have been out on IR and required to miss four weeks at a minimum. I suspect because of the extra days between games the team won’t be required to report injuries as soon? With extra time to recuperate, here’s to hoping he’s back. They’ll need all the help they can get.

Chicago Bears On SI

Will Kyle Monangai Return in Week 8? Latest Injury Update...

Here's what we know about the possibility of Kyle Monangai returning for the Chicago Bears' Week 8 game.

He could be the difference-maker for the Bears. With him platooning with Swift, I am thinking the Bears win. Without him, I hate to say it, but I think we fall short but keep it close.

Monongai did not practice today.

Monangai still a non-participant in today’s practice. ☹️. And apparently Loveland showed up on the report with a non-specific neck injury. 🤔

https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2026/10/30/colston-loveland-inj-rep/

Screengrab from the socials. Interesting how similar the Bears and Seattle are.

Jackson, Edwards, Sanborn and Loveland were full participants. Monongai is out.

Hoping this is a fun game - going to be a massive test for the Bears on the road. Hopefully Monogai is back next week, although at this rate could easily see him out through the bye week.

Feels like there is a little smoke and mirrors going on with this Seattle team. I watched them play against KC last week but KC just looked bad. There were plenty of open receivers but Mahomes just looked real bad for some reason. They aren’t a bad team.

With all their rotational coverages Ben mentioned their rules during his press conference. Much of that you can decipher from film study but I can see where Ben spent some time talking with the former leader of their secondary Coby Bryant. Can we get a couple big plays by using their rules against them? Running against their front will be tough so I think this a game where the pass game has to open up the run.

5 hours ago, AZ54 said:

Feels like there is a little smoke and mirrors going on with this Seattle team. I watched them play against KC last week but KC just looked bad. There were plenty of open receivers but Mahomes just looked real bad for some reason. They aren’t a bad team.

With all their rotational coverages Ben mentioned their rules during his press conference. Much of that you can decipher from film study but I can see where Ben spent some time talking with the former leader of their secondary Coby Bryant. Can we get a couple big plays by using their rules against them? Running against their front will be tough so I think this a game where the pass game has to open up the run.

The Bears have a superior O-Line, skill position group, and the QBs are about as close as they have ever been.

This one is going to take our best game of the season to date - let’s do it Bears. Let’s play clean, well executed mistake free football!!! Let’s go!!!

I really like our chances tonight. Sweat is coming back fresh. We'll finally have all of our LB's available. Simmons will make the entire front better. Then, money on another Gordon sack.

Let's add in, that BJ has had 11 days to prep for this and Caleb gets the same for rest and rehab. Fresh legs tonight!

1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said:

I really like our chances tonight. Sweat is coming back fresh. We'll finally have all of our LB's available. Simmons will make the entire front better. Then, money on another Gordon sack.

Let's add in, that BJ has had 11 days to prep for this and Caleb gets the same for rest and rehab. Fresh legs tonight!

People forget about Sweat having fresh legs and extra motivation with Simmons by his side. I like that. Feels like the Bears are adding two upgrades on the DLine in the same week.