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Thursday Night Football: Who's playing tonight?

Week 7 of the NFL season will kick off with Thursday Night Football. 
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The seventh week of the 2016 NFL season will kick off Thursday night with an NFC North matchup between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. 

The Bears (1–5) will travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Packers, who are looking to stay in the NFC North title race. The Packers (3–2) are in second place in the division, behind the undefeated Vikings. 

Green Bay is coming off a 30–16 home loss to the Dallas Cowboys, while the Bears enter this week's matchup after a 17–16 home defeat to the Jacksonville Jaguars. 

The Bears and Packers split their 2015 season series, with the road teams winning each matchup. 

Details for Thursday night's game are below. 

How to watch

Time: 8:25 p.m. ET

TV: NFL Network, CBS

Live stream: You can live stream the game on SI.com. 

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