The Chicago Bears get back after the bye week and travel to Washington for a Monday Night Football game against the Commanders.

A lot of the pre-game talk is going to be about last year’s matchup and the season-altering Hail Mary that the Commanders executed. “Revenge game,” “redemption game,” “exorcising demons,” whatever clichê you want to throw out there will be said at some point.

The truth is the NFL is a week-to-week and a year-to-year league. The Bears are still trying to establish their new identity and culture under Ben Johnson. While the Commanders are trying to remain among the NFC’s elite teams and build on last year’s NFC Championship game run.

The clichés that Washington is playing against are “regression,” “sophomore slump,” and “fluke season.”

It should be a good game w

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