Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy takes a snap during a preseason game last month. AP

There will be plenty of new beginnings surrounding the Bears when they start the regular season against the Minnesota Vikings next Monday at Soldier Field.

It’ll be the start of Ben Johnson’s tenure as the Bears’ head coach as well as the debut of defensive coordinator Dennis Allen’s defense.

But amid the uncertainty on their own sideline, the Bears will also have to prepare for the unknown on the Vikings’. They’ll need to get ready for 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 first couple games, going against new quarterbacks, you’re going to come across new things,

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