The last time the Chicago Bears played the Baltimore Ravens, linebacker Roquan Smith racked up 17 tackles for the Bears in a 16 to 13 loss. The following season (2022), Chicago traded him to Baltimore when they couldn’t agree on terms for a new contract, and he’s been a First-Team All-Pro every year since. This will be his first time playing his former team, and he’s looking forward to it.
“I’m excited about the matchup, for sure,” he said via the Chicago Sun Times. “A lot of amazing people over there that I have a tremendous amount of respect for, but obviously, it’s the team that’s on the schedule, and every team on the schedule has to get dealt with accordingly.
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“You have to be the best version of yourself, week in and week out, and it happens to be the Bears… It’s about doing my job to the best of my ability and showing the world exactly who I am.”
Smith has missed their last two games with a hamstring injury, and with Baltimore coming off the bye week, Smith is back and will play.
GAME INFO
Kickoff is scheduled for Sunday at 12:00 p.m. (CT) from M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland. The weather is expected to be misty and cloudy with a high of 59.
TELEVISION
The game will be on CBS with Ian Eagle and J.J. Watt on the call, and if you live in the red of this 506sports.com map, then you’ll get to see the game.
RADIO
ESPN Chicago (1000 AM, 100.3 FM HD2) with Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, and Jason McKie on the call, and LATINO MIX 93.5 FM (Spanish) with Omar Ramos.
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The Bears game can also be heard on SiriusXM.
GAME PREVIEWS
Our team has a bunch of Bears vs. Ravens previews that you can find in this week’s story stream here.
Taylor Doll’s Making Monsters preview this week features Zack Pearson from 247 Sports’ Bear Report to talk Chicago, and also with Samuel Njoku, who covers the Ravens on the Ravens Talk podcast, to give us the skinny on Baltimore.
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ODDS
I checked the odds from our partners at FanDuel on Friday, the oddsmakers had the Ravens favored by 6.5 points and the over/under at 49.5. But on Saturday, when news broke that Lamar Jackson was out, the line dropped to Bears +1.5, with the over/under at 44.5.
Bill Zimmerman has been on fire with his player prop bets this season, so check out his latest for the Bears vs Ravens game right here.
POSTGAME
This season, we have a brand new postgame show, so tune into our 2nd City Gridiron YouTube channel shortly after each Bears game for Wrap It Up with Jacob Infante! We’ll push it to our podcast channel as soon as possible after Jacob ends his live show.
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Our day-after Bears game recap show is back for another season, so tune in for Bear & Balanced this Monday at 6:00 p.m. CT for a cooled-down review of the game with me and Jeff Berckes. Once we press stop on the show, you can catch the audio on our podcast channel.
Plus, we’ll have several articles here at WCG breaking down the game that you can find in our Chicago vs. Baltimore story stream.
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