There will be plenty of new beginnings surrounding the Chicago Bears when they start the regular season against the Minnesota Vikings at Soldier Field on Monday, Sept. 8.

The game will not only mark the opening of a new season in front of a national audience on Monday Night Football. It’ll also be the start of Ben Johnson’s tenure as the Bears head coach as well as the debut of his offense and defensive coordinator Dennis Allen’s defense.

But amidst the uncertainty on their own sideline to start the year, the Bears will also have to prepare for the unknown on the Vikings’. They’ll need to get ready for the unknown of first-time starting quarterback J.J. McCarthy.

“It’s a little bit different,” Bears linebacker Tremaine Edmunds told reporters virtually Monday. “The first game, the

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