Monday Night Football: The 5-2 Bears Close Week 8 at the Defending Champion Seahawks in Seattle
Week 8 ends under the Lumen Field lights. Chicago (5-2) visits Seattle (4-3) on Monday night at 8:15 p.m. Eastern on ESPN — the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks, fresh off handing Kansas City its first loss, against a Bears rushing attack that has carried a surprise contender into November.
The last game of Week 8 is a measuring stick for both sidelines. The Chicago Bears (5-2) head to Lumen Field on Monday, November 2 for an 8:15 p.m. Eastern kickoff against the Seattle Seahawks (4-3), on ESPN. Seattle is the defending Super Bowl champion, and its defense faces what preview coverage calls its toughest test of the season in Chicago's rushing attack. The Seahawks arrive with momentum of their own: Seattle recently handed the previously unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs their first loss of the season.
The conditions, for once in Seattle in November, are a non-story — and that itself shapes the game. The forecast for Lumen Field calls for 51 degrees at kickoff under cloudy skies, a 0 percent chance of rain and a near-still north-northwest wind at about 1 mph, with temperatures drifting to 49 by the fourth quarter. Dry footing and almost no wind leave both passing games and both kickers unaffected, so the matchup gets decided by players rather than weather.
For Las Vegas viewers, the game is also the last piece of a Week 8 board the Raiders have already reshaped — Las Vegas beat the Jets 38-33 on Sunday and now watches the conference picture settle before its own trip to San Francisco next Sunday. Kickoff Monday is 5:15 p.m. Pacific. A Chicago win keeps the Bears at the front of the NFC's surprise tier; a Seattle win pulls the defending champions level with them — and either way, Week 8 closes with a contender exposed or confirmed.
