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Bears and Chargers TV, Radio, Streaming, Betting

How to watch Sunday night's Bears and Chargers game with on TV or streaming with radio and betting information and trends.
Gene Chamberlain|
Bears and Chargers TV, Radio, Streaming, Betting
Bears and Chargers TV, Radio, Streaming, Betting

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Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears (2-5) at Los Angeles Chargers (2-4)

When: 7:20 p.m., Sunday

Where: Sofi Stadium, Los Angeles

TV:  NBC (Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth, Melissa Stark)

Radio: ESPN AM-1000 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Jason McKie)

Westwood One (Ryan Radtke, Mike Golic)

Spanish Radio: Latino Mix 93.5 (Omar Ramos, Miguel Esparza)

Digital Radio: SiriusXM (Channel 83 or 226)

Streaming: fuboTV (free trial)

The Line: Chargers by 8 1/2 (over/under 44 1/2)

The Matchup: The Bears try for their first winning streak since 2021 with Tyson Bagent the likely starter for the second straight week due to Justin Fields' thumb dislocation. Bagent authored a 30-12 victory over the Los Angeles Raiderson Sunday to end a 10-game home losing streak. The Chargers are comuing off a 31-17 loss to the Chiefs in whch they failed to score in the game's final 37:54. It was their second straight loss since beating the Raiders at home 24-17.

The Series: The 14th overall meeting. The Bears lead the series 7-6. The Chargers won the last game 17-16 at Soldier Field in 2019 when Eddy Piniero missed a 41-yard field goal with four seconds remaining.

The Coaches: Bears coach Matt Eberflus is 5-19 in his second season and has not faced the Chargers. Chargers coach Brandon Staley is 21-19 in his third season and has not faced the Bears, a team he coached for as an assistant from 2017-18.

Last Week: The Bears had 21-of-29 for 162 yards with a TD from QB Tyson Bagent in his first NFL start and 89 yards with two rushing TDs and a TD catch from D'Onta Foreman to beat the Las Vegas Raiders 30-12. Jaylon Johnson intercepted two passes and Tremaine Edmunds added an interception.

The Chargers were tied at 17-17 but Justin Herbert struggled in the second half by completing 7 of 16 for 100 yards with two interceptions and the Chiefs won behind four TD passes by Patrick Mahomes.

Notable: Bagent, the undrafted Division II QB from Shepherd, became the first Bears rookie QB to win his first start since Craig Krenzel in 2004. ... Herbert was sacked five times by Kansas City last week. ... Third-year receiver Josh Palmer has emerged a Chargers threat with Mike Willliams out for the year due to an ACL tear. He has 20 catches for 353 yards and a TD. ... The Chargers defense has held four of its six opponents below 100 yards rushing and no one has run for more than 141 yards against them. ... The Chargers have five turnovers, tied for second fewest in the league, and have recovered six fumbles, tied for third most. ... The Bears are third in sacks allowed with 27. ... Rookie CB Tyrique Stevenson lowered his passer rating against when targeted from 140.0 to 114.0 in the last game.

Betting Trends

  • The Bears are 0-6 ATS when facing a team with a losing record the last two seasons
  • It's been over the total in 17 of the last 21 Bears games and six of the last seven
  • The Bears are 2-5 against the spread but have covered two of their last three games
  • The Bears are 10-23 as underdogs ATS the last three seasons

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Gene Chamberlain
GENE CHAMBERLAIN

Gene Chamberlain has covered the Chicago Bears full time as a beat writer since 1994 and prior to this on a part-time basis for 10 years. He covered the Bears as a beat writer for Suburban Chicago Newspapers, the Daily Southtown, Copley News Service and has been a contributor for the Daily Herald, the Associated Press, Bear Report, CBS Sports.com and The Sporting News. He also has worked a prep sports writer for Tribune Newspapers and Sun-Times newspapers.

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