(670 The Score) The Bears will play their 2021 season opener in front of a national television audience.
Chicago will visit the Los Angeles Rams for a primetime game on Sunday Night Football on NBC in Week 1, a source told 670 afternoon host Danny Parkins on Tuesday. The full NFL schedule will be released Wednesday evening.
The Bears are coming off an 8-8 regular season that was followed by a loss to the Saints in the wild-card round last season. They drafted Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields in the first round of the NFL Draft, but it is still uncertain whether or not Fields or Andy Dalton will be the team's starter in Week 1.
The Rams, meanwhile, are coming off a season in which they went 10-6 and finished second in the NFC West before losing to the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional Round.
Los Angeles also added a new quarterback in the offseason, trading Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions for Matthew Stafford.
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