The NFL season kicks off Thursday with a prime-time showdown between the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys — and the Chicago Bears will be under their own spotlight when they host the Minnesota Vikings on “Monday Night Football.”

What will quarterback Caleb Williams look like in first-year coach Ben Johnson’s offense?

How will Dennis Allen’s defense perform against Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy, making his NFL debut?

Even with an extra day, the Bears have a lot of preparations ahead of them this week.

“Camp is one thing, but when you start game planning, you start really putting into how you want to execute a game plan,” linebacker Tremaine Edmunds said Monday. “We haven’t got into that yet.”

Still, players left training camp last week feeling a lot of opt

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