{"id":91373,"date":"2025-08-20T06:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91373"},"modified":"2025-08-20T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T06:38:55","slug":"get-ready-for-a-thrilling-matchup-bears-starters-will-play-in-the-final-preseason-game-vs-chiefs-giving-fans-a-sneak-peek-into-the-teams-strategy-and-player-dynamics-before-the-regular-season-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=91373","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for a thrilling matchup! Bears starters will play in the final preseason game vs Chiefs, giving fans a sneak peek into the team&#8217;s strategy and player dynamics before the regular season kicks off. This highly anticipated game will be a great opportunity to see the team&#8217;s key players in action, including quarterback Justin Fields, running back David Montgomery, and wide receiver Darnell Mooney, among others."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"zephr-anchor\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/atozsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_fill,ar_4:3\/MjExNzY5MTI0NzY0Nzg4MjU5\/usatsi_24600948.jpg\" alt=\"The Ben Johnson era is officially over for the Lions, he is now the Bears' head coach, 3 options that could fill the role - A to Z Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Chicago Bears<\/strong> will play their third and final preseason game against the <strong>Kansas City Chiefs <\/strong>this Friday, August 22, at 7:20 PM CT at Arrowhead Stadium. Head Coach Ben Johnson announced that the starters will play against the Chiefs during the preseason match-up on the Up &amp; Adams show hosted by Kay Adams.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he will be playing the starters, Johnson replied, \u201cYeah. Yep. We\u2019ll go ahead and we\u2019ll play \u2014 we\u2019ll see how long it is. We\u2019re going to get through a couple days here of practice, and we\u2019ll determine for how long, but we need to go through this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as no surprise as Johnson hinted at playing his starters earlier this week, per Brad Biggs. While Johnson and his coaching staff try to strike a balance between getting reps in to work out the kinks during preseason and avoid any detrimental injuries before the Bears\u2019 season opener against the<strong> Minnesota Vikings <\/strong>during MNF on September 8th, reps remain to be the emphasis for this team.<\/p>\n<p>Bears\u2019 starters, including<strong> Caleb Williams, DJ Moore, and Rome Odunze<\/strong>, will go head-to-head against the Chiefs\u2019 starters, as Chiefs\u2019 Head Coach Andy Reid announced Monday that he will also be playing his starters. \u201cThey\u2019ll start it off, for sure, and then we\u2019ll see how it goes from there,\u201d Reid said.<\/p>\n<p>Bears\u2019 starters played against the Buffalo Bills last Sunday, and they looked good.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019ll be the Bears starters vs the Chiefs starters in their final preseason game!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":91390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get ready for a thrilling matchup! 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