Ranking Bears’ best prime-time games in 2020

The Bears begin their prime-time slate in Week 5, where they’ll play 4 prime-time games in 8 weeks.

4. Bears vs. Buccaneers

Week 5 | Oct. 8 | Thursday Night Football

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The Bears will open their prime-time slate in Week 5 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field. The last time Chicago faced Tampa Bay, the Bears routed the Bucs 48-10 behind quarterback Mitchell Trubisky’s six-touchdown performance. Considering Chicago’s favorable schedule in the first half of their 2020 season, this is a game that could be an early statement game.

But these aren’t the Buccaneers of years’ past. Tampa Bay made one of the biggest splashes of the offseason with the free-agent signing of quarterback Tom Brady, who instantly makes the Bucs better. The last time Chicago faced Brady, he put up three touchdowns en route to a Patriots’ 38-31 win over the Bears at Soldier Field.

Check out game-by-game score predictions from around the NFL Wires network:

Buf / Mia / NE / NYJ // Bal / Cin / Cle / Pit // Hou / Ind / Jax / Ten // Den / KC / LV / LAC //// Dal / NYG / Phi / Was // Chi / Det / GB / Min // Atl / Car / NO / TB // Ari / LAR / SF / Sea

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