Tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET, the San Diego Chargers (0-1-0 preseason) take on the Chicago Bears (0-1-0) in preseason week 2 action from Soldier Field in Chicago. The game can be live streamed here. Chargers fans can hear the action by turning their dial to Rock 105.3 FM while Bears fans can access the game at 105.9 FM WBBM.
Both teams have a new look on the sidelines as Mike McCoy now holds the reigns to the Chargers while Marc Trestman leads the Bears. Both teams are looking to bounce back from losses in their preseason openers. San Diego fell to the Seattle Seahawks 31-10 last week after a second half collapse while Chicago lost to the Carolina Panthers on the road 24-17.
San Diego is coming off of a season where it failed to make the playoffs for the third-straight year and finished with a 7-9-0 record and second place in the AFC West. Chicago is looking to build on a successful 2012 season that saw the Bears go 10-6-0, but the team failed to make the playoffs despite finishing in second place in the NFC North.
The Chargers are under different control this season as Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith were both fired last December after another mediocre season for San Diego.
Quarterback Philip Rivers will look to help the Chargers get back to their winning ways this season. Rivers went 338-for-527 in last year's campaign for 3,606 yards with 26 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. In the last two seasons, Rivers has thrown 35 interceptions and endured 20 fumbles, leaving his future with the team beyond this year very much in question if he doesn't turn it around.
Jay Cutler will be behind center for the Bears for the fifth-straight year, but Chicago balked at a new extension for the 30 year old at the request of Trestman, who wants to make sure the quarterback can thrive in his system. Cutler had a mediocre start in week 1, going 6-for-8 and throwing an interception. Cutler was 255-for-434 last season for 3,033 yards with 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
The Bears will be without eight-time Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher, who announced his retirement this past May after spending his entire career with Chicago from 2000-12. Chicago is confident in draft pick Jon Bostic to help them defensively as he picked off Cam Newton for a touchdown last week.
The Bears haven't made the playoffs in five out of the last six years, but they are hopeful to get back there this year.
With the long-term futures of their quarterbacks possibly in doubt and new coaches at the helm, tonight's game should be pretty interesting for an exhibition.
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