Chiefs vs. Bears: How to watch preseason Week 1 matchup

The Game

On Saturday, the Kansas City Chiefs open their 2022 preseason on the road against the Chicago Bears. Kickoff is scheduled for Noon (Arrowhead Time). The game will be broadcast on the Chiefs Television Network — locally on KSHB/41. The game will also be televised nationally on NFL Network.

Kansas City is coming off its sixth consecutive AFC West championship. With quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the team has hosted four straight AFC Championship games. In 2021, the team finished with a 12-5 record that gave them the AFC’s second playoff seed — but after postseason victories against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills, the team missed a third straight Super Bowl appearance when they fell to the Cincinnati Bengals 27-24 in overtime.

Meanwhile, in the team’s final season with former Kansas City offensive coordinator Matt Nagy as the head coach, the Bears finished 2021 with a 6-11 record. After a promising 12-4 season under Nagy in 2018 — the team’s first winning record since 2013 and its first playoff appearance since 2010 — the Bears went 8-8 in each of the following two seasons. Nagy (along with general manager Ryan Pace) was fired on January 10. On February 25, Nagy rejoined the Chiefs as a senior assistant and quarterbacks coach. The same day, the Bears hired former Kansas City front office executive Ryan Poles as the team’s next GM.

Now with former Indianapolis Colts defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus leading the team, the Bears are set to begin the 2022 campaign with 2021’s 11th overall pick — quarterback Justin Fields — leading the offense. In 10 starts during his rookie season, Fields threw for 1,870 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions, which was good for a passer rating of just 73.2.

A might be expected with a former Chiefs personnel man leading the front office, the Bears have a number of former Kansas City players on their 90-man roster — including wide receivers Byron Pringle, Chris Finke and Tajae Sharpe, placekicker Cairo Santos, cornerback BoPete Keyes, tight end James O’Shaunessy and defensive tackle Mike Pennel. Meanwhile, the Chiefs will be making up their minds on a large group of new wideouts and corners following the offseason departures of Tyreek Hill, Charvarius Ward and Tyrann Mathieu.

Nuts and bolts

• Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
• Playing surface: Natural grass
• Game time: Noon Arrowhead Time, Saturday, August 13, 2022
• Weather forecast: Mostly cloudy and 77, winds S at 15 mph
• Matchup history: 7-6 Bears (regular season)
• Odds: Chiefs -1.5, per DraftKings Sportsbook
• Officials: Referee Tra Blake (3), umpire Tony Michalek (115), down judge Patrick Turner (13), line judge Mark Stewart (75), field judge Tom Hill (97), side judge Don Willard (58), back judge Todd Prukop (30), replay official Andrew Lambert and replay assistant Kirt Shay.
• NFL Network television broadcast: This game will be carried live. Check local listings.
• Chiefs television broadcast: with Ari Wolfe, Trent Green, Kimmi Chex and Matt McMullen on KSHB (NBC/41-Kansas City), Chiefs Mobile App, KQTV (ABC/2-St. Joseph), KMOV (CBS/4-St. Louis), KTUL (ABC/8-Tulsa), WIBW (CBS/13-Topeka), KWCH (CBS/12-Wichita), KSNF (NBC/16-Joplin), KODE (ABC/12-Joplin), KOZL (Fox/28-Springfield, MO), KMIZ (ABC/17-Columbia), KQFX (Fox/22-Columbia), KMTV (CBS/3-Omaha), KDSM (FOX/17-Des Moines), KNWA (NBC/51-Fayetteville, AR), KFTA (Fox/24-Fort Smith, AR) and KFVE (Telemundo/6-Honolulu)
• Bears television broadcast: with Adam Amin or Kyle Brandt, Jim Miller and Lou Canellis on WFLD (Fox/32-Chicago)
• Online Stream: Fubo.TV
• Chiefs radio broadcast: with Mitch Holthus, Danan Hughes and Josh Klingler on WDAF (106.5 FM-Kansas City) and Chiefs Radio Network affiliates
• Chiefs Spanish radio broadcast: with Kike Morales, Oscar Monterroso and Hannah Bassham on KCWJ (1030 AM-Kansas City), KSSA (105.9 FM-Garden City) and KGHF (102.5 FM/99.7 HD2-Wichita), Tico-Sports.com and NFL Game Pass
• Bears radio broadcast: with Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer and Mark Grote on WBBM (780 AM/105.9 FM-Chicago) and Bears Radio Network affiliates.
• SiriusXM broadcast: Channel 88
• Enemy SB Nation site: Windy City Gridiron
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