For one, this is a matchup between first-place teams. Chicago (7-3) is currently just ahead of the Packers and Lions in the NFC North division standings. Pittsburgh (6-4) has a one-game lead in the AFC North over the surging Ravens .

Tremaine Edmunds is indeed headed to injured reserve. The Chicago Bears media website temporarily listed the weak-side linebacker on the team’s IR list Saturday morning. By afternoon, the club made the transaction official,

T.J. Edwards will miss his sixth game this season, still recovering from hand surgery and a hamstring issue, and Noah Sewell is out.

The Chicago Bears on Saturday announced that the club has placed linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and running back Roschon Johnson on Reserve/Injured and signed running back Brittain Brown and linebacker Carl Jones Jr.

Although the Chicago Bears haven’t announced it, their media website indicates that they’ve placed linebacker Tremaine Edmunds on IR, per Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune.

The NFL announced that the game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears on Dec. 7 will be played at 3:25 p.m.

Cornerback Kyler Gordon (calf) was designated to return from injured reserve on Wednesday and got in a limited practice. He and fellow cornerback Jaylon Johnson (groin) are both practicing while still on injured reserve and are expected to return within the next couple of weeks.

Devin Duvernay’s 56-yard kickoff return in the final minute for Chicago set up Cairo Santos for his fourth field goal of the game, a 48-yarder as time expired, to push the Bears past Minnesota 19-17 after the Vikings scored the go-ahead touchdown with