Tonight, at 10 p.m. ET, the Chicago Bears (1-1) travel to the west coast to take on the Oakland Raiders (1-1) in preseason inter-conference Week 3 action at the Oakland Coliseum. The game can be live streamed here. Bears fans can hear all the action by listening to WBBM NewsRadio 780 ,while Raiders fans can do the same by tuning their dials to 95.7 The GAME KGMZ-FM
Chicago has revamped its coaching staff and has Marc Trestman at the helm, and is coming off of a 33-28 victory over the Chargers at home last week, while Oakland is currently rebuilding under second-year coach Dennis Allen and is coming off a 28-20 loss to the Saints in New Orleans last week.
Despite going 10-6 last season, the Bears missed the playoffs just like they have five out of the last six years. Jay Cutler, who went 255-for-434 last season while throwing for 3,033 yards with 19 touchdowns and 14 interceptions, will look to bring the Bears to the playoffs this season for the first time since 2010. One weapon Cutler will have at his disposal is Martellus Bennett, who had a career year with the New York Giants last season, catching 55 passes for 626 yards and five touchdowns--all career-highs.
The Raiders, meanwhile, unloaded a lot of talent this past offseason, losing Carson Palmer, Darrius Heyward-Bey, and others amidst a rebuilding phase for the franchise. Oakland acquired quarterback Matt Flynn, a perennial back-up signal caller, from the Seattle Seahawks to replace Palmer, but he isn't surrounded with too many well-known options to throw to. Flynn only appeared in three games last season going just five-for-nine for 68 yards and no touchdowns.
One weapon Oakland boasts is running back Darren McFadden, who ran for 707 yards on 216 attempts for two touchdowns last campaign and has rushed for 3,334 yards in his career, but his health has always been an issue.
The Raiders will turn to veteran Charles Woodson to try and revive their defense. Woodson returns to Oakland after a seven-year stint with Green Bay.The Raiders were an awful 4-12 last year and haven't made the playoffs since 2002. The playoffs may be out of reach for Oakland again in 2013.
Chicago and Oakland are both looking to turn their fortunes around this season, and they will clash in an inter-conference match-up tonight in the second-to-last warm-up game for the two teams before the regular-season kicks off.
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