The 0-2 Chicago Bears will play the 1-1 Dallas Cowboys at Soldier Field in a Week 3 matchup. Here’s what you need to know before kickoff (3:25 p.m., Fox-32).
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Ben Johnson’s Bears are still searching for their first win. Up next is a matchup with quarterback Dak Prescott and the Cowboys on Sunday.
The Bears (0-2) are coming off a 52-21 beatdown in Detroit, while the Cowboys (1-1) won a back-and-forth overtime affair with the Giants. Former Bears coach Matt Eberflus will make his return to Soldier Field as the Cowboys defensive coordinator. Read more here.
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Rome Odunze wants to be a great receiver. It comes ‘down to the details.’
Second-year wide receiver Rome Odunze set career highs last week with seven catches and 128 yards against the Lions, and his three touchdown receptions this season not only tie him for the league lead but already match his total from 2024.
“That’s always what I’m trying to do is get in that paint,” Odunze said. “But other than that, I think when I hang it up and the dust settles, (then) I’ll look back on it. I don’t really look at things like that right now.” Read more here.
Bears coach wants QB Caleb Williams to get better using his eyes — and his feet
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) scrambles in the second quarter against the Lions at Ford Field on Sept. 14, 2025, in Detroit. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
It will take more than just a strong, accurate arm for Caleb Williams to keep improving as a quarterback. It will take his eyes, feet and head too.
After a couple of days of film review, Bears coach Ben Johnson and Williams huddled together to go over some of the nuances that will make Williams a better signal caller.
They include training his eyes in the right place while surveying the defense, perfecting his footwork to make more accurate throws and not getting into the head game of facing former Bears coach Matt Eberflus, who returns to Soldier Field for the first time Sunday as the Cowboys defensive coordinator. Read more here.
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Jaylon Johnson’s injury is a big problem for Bears
Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson (1) is helped off the field after a play in the second quarter against the Lions at Ford Field on Sept. 14, 2025, in Detroit. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)
The Bears are without their eraser, Jaylon Johnson — one of the best cornerbacks in the league — and it’s possible he will miss the remainder of the season. A case can be made Johnson is the player the team could least afford to lose, which creates a conundrum for coach Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Dennis Allen. Nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon and linebacker T.J. Edwards, both dealing with hamstring injuries, also are unlikely to play Sunday.
The last time the Bears lost their best defensive player early in the season was 2009, when Hall of Fame middle linebacker Brian Urlacher suffered a dislocated right wrist in the opener in Green Bay. He missed the remainder of the season, and the Bears finished 7-9.
How the Bears adjust to their current predicament will be interesting, writes Brad Biggs. Read more here.
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For every point the Bears lose by, he runs a mile
Chase Bandolik, an ultramarathon runner, has posted on TikTok that he’ll run a mile for every point that the Bears lose by. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
Perhaps no one feels a Bears’ loss as much as the players. Well, Chase Bandolik might.
He has pledged to run a mile for every point the team loses by this season. So yes, he ran 31 miles after the Week 2 loss to the Lions.
“It honestly made the losses feel so much better because after the games I’d be so frustrated from it and then after my run I’d feel so much better by the end of it, a lot more relaxed,” said Bandolik as he recovered. Read more here.
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